A Beijing building which will be used to house the television setup for the Olympics was evacuated after an apparent gas leak.John Barton, the director of sport for the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, said he was in his office at the International Broadcast Center on Wednesday evening when people began running down the halls telling everyone to get out.
Barton said there was apparently a gas leak in the basement near the food service area. He said no alarms sounded.
People at the scene said there was a strong gas smell. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The building is located near the Olympic Stadium and will be used as the hub for TV broadcasts around the world.
Later, it was claimed to be a false alarm and that the smell came from "building materials or chemicals". Um, what?
Of course, the scene itself has to worry you. Just the fact that no alarm was sounded and people were running everywhere shows how tense the people working there are about something happening at the building. Maybe that paranoia is what caused this incident today, but it does show the mindset of the people sent there to cover these Games.
(Hat tip: Awful Announcing)
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7-27-2008 @ 11:14PM
George B Vieto said...
I thought the gas leak was because ESPN broadcasters were insulting the American gymnasts on First Take or Outside The Lines.
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