2 Aug 2023

Alarm leads to confusion and panic at Eden Park

From Morning Report, 8:11 am on 2 August 2023

Fans at Eden Park were confused when a fire alarm went off during the US and Portugal match.

The false alarm started sounding during the half time break. Almost 43,000 were at the game, and despite the alarm the game continued and spectators remained in their seats.

Eden Park chief executive Nick Sautner declined to come on the programme this morning. His communication team said: "We are still investigating and debriefing the incident, which we are taking extremely seriously. We would like to reiterate our apology to any fan who was distressed as a result of this incident."

Pene was there with her family, as was Andrew. They spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.