Sky Sports cut live TV broadcast and order presenters to evacuate studio during coverage of famous event
SKY SPORTS was forced to cut a live TV broadcast before ordering presenters to evacuate during studio coverage of the Indy 500.
The dramatic moment occurred on Sunday as pundits discussed the latest edition of the famous US race.
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Sky Sports cut a live TV broadcast as the studio was evacuated
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The moment occurred during a dramatic Indy 500, with one star crashing into his own team
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Spain's Alex Palou extended his lead at the top of the leaderboard as he held on for victory against Sweden's Marcus Ericsson.
There was also a terrifying crash as rookie
But back at Sky Sports, where
Presenter Tom Gaymor was among those affected when a fire alarm sounded.
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It forced him and guests to evacuate the studio during their live broadcast.
And Sky Sports was forced to cut the coverage early as a result.
But Gaymor assued fans that all was OK on social media.
He declared: 'I hope you all enjoyed that as much as we did.
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'Thank you for all your kind messages and for tuning in. Had to come off air slightly early as we were being evacuated due to a fire alarm.'
Fans reacted online, with one saying: 'Great broadcast, even if it finished a bit abruptly.'
Indy 500 driver ploughs into his pit crew and injures four team members
Another joked: 'Was it for Rossi?'
The incident came several months after Sky Sports' NFL studio was forced to evacuate due to a fire alarm in the middle of a playoff game.
The moment occurred in the clash between the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens.
Stadium clips had to be played as the studio went unmanned, with host Neil Reynolds revealing: 'Fire alarm. Had to leave building for now.
'Hope to be back with you soon. Never a dull moment in the playoffs.'
After returning to the screen, Reynolds later joked: 'We're not letting no fire alarm beat us.'
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