WATCH: NFL RedZone Evacuated During Live Broadcast As Emergency Alarm Blares – NFL Gives Update
The Inglewood, California offices of NFL RedZone were evacuated during a live broadcast on Sunday due to an emergency alarm that could be heard over the broadcasters.
While covering the Buffalo Bills and Philadelphia Eagles game on Sunday, NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson announced that the offices were being evacuated.
“Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is a first in my 20-something year broadcasting career,” said Hanson. “We have an alarm going off in the studios of NFL RedZone right now, in our studios here in Inglewood, California. We are being told we need to evacuate the building. We do not know the nature of the emergency.”
“You can probably hear the alarm going right over the top of my right shoulder here,” he said as the alarm loudly blared into the microphone.
REDZONE EVACUATE!! pic.twitter.com/zV3JIp4CYS
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 27, 2023
#NFL Red Zone is evacuating because of an alarm that went off in the building…
Hope everything is okay over there. pic.twitter.com/HfmmLhhFVz
— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) November 27, 2023
The control room at the studio where NFL RedZone broadcasts from is being evacuated. An alarm can be heard in the background of their telecast.
NFL RedZone sticking with one game — Buffalo at Philly — for the remainder of their broadcast until they get the all clear.
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) November 27, 2023
Hanson carried on with the show, though, despite the alarm and the “please leave the building” message that could be heard in the studio.
Scott Hanson is the 🐐
Literally staying in the RedZone studio while the alarm is going offpic.twitter.com/Sjnq44fJBzhttps://t.co/DymDqxldVr
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) November 27, 2023
Hanson gave an update on X (formerly Twitter) after the all clear. “well, that was… interesting,” he said.
Well, that was…. interesting.
Alarm has stopped.
Apparently all clear.
Still waiting on details.Thanks for watching NFL RedZone week 12 ! One to remember.
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) November 27, 2023
He also share some of the memes that were already floating around about the moment and his stick-to-itiveness.
Thanks. Great to know y’all have my back! 🚨 https://t.co/u9thZ75pHy
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) November 27, 2023
Literally. Figuratively. https://t.co/ATdOadzIFO
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) November 27, 2023
Women and children and Touchdowns first… https://t.co/7qFKZEH1zd
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) November 27, 2023
The return of hosts to the NFL Network was likewise marked with some humor.
Eventually, NFL Media tweeted that it was a “false alarm” and said that “no business functions” were interrupted.”
There was a false alarm at the NFL Network studio and thankfully there was no fire. No business functions, including NFL RedZone, were interrupted
— NFL Media (@NFLMedia) November 27, 2023
Watch the clips above via the NFL Network.
