Overview
- A small blaze broke out around 07:47 CET at ntv’s Cologne studio, likely caused by a short‑circuited spotlight, according to the broadcaster.
- Technicians quickly brought the fire under control and no injuries were reported.
- ntv switched to its emergency havariestrecke for roughly two hours and resumed normal studio broadcasts at about 10:00.
- The incident occurred during a taped contribution rather than on air, with the circulated footage sourced from an internal clean feed.
- After DWDL.de highlighted the discrepancy, RTL corrected its article, apologized, and removed the video that framed the scenes as live.