ITV I’m A Celebrity bosses ‘planning for emergency evacuations as flood hits camp’

After being hit by floods, I’m A Celebrity stars were forced to flee their tents.

When the storm was wreaking havoc, bosses reportedly created emergency plans to evacuate the stars from the Bush Telegraph and place them in safe haven. A portion of the set was destroyed, according to sources, and the site’s roads were flooded. The trial from last night had to be pushed back by an hour.

Over the weekend, Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly shared their journey inside the camp on social media. They had to cross a flooded road with their vehicles. Ant, 49, explained: “We all got texts this morning saying the rain is so bad you might not even make it in today”.

Dec, also 49, then said: “It was an effort to get the show on air today. Only a small number of people showed up. According to sources, bosses were worried the storm, which had 114.5mm of rain falling in only 24 hours, could hit their satellite system as well as the coverage.

Speaking to The Sun, the insider said: “All the campmates are fine, but producers monitored them on Saturday night as the storm worsened. The crew had trouble arriving on the job site. There was a point when the amount of filming would be taken seriously. Fortunately, it calmed down a bit and all was OK”.

An ITV spokesperson said of the situation: “We have contingency plans in place to cover all weather eventualities, the health and safety of our celebrities is an absolute priority”.

Joel Dommett, the star of Unpacked, revealed that Sam Thompson and Kemi Rodgers had also been informed about the weather and that the set locations might be difficult to access. Then Ant and Dec stated that the set’s components had been completely destroyed and that a planned trial was in danger of being abandoned as a result of the bad weather.

Ant revealed: “]The trial] has been delayed because of the weather. Therefore, today we will be here much longer. Dec continued, “We just need to make sure the trial that was scheduled is successful in the place where it was.” Here, everything is a little “up in the air.”

Then, Joel said, “People don’t understand that this show is more than what you see on television.” There is a complete infrastructure. And revealing some details of destruction, Ant went on: “Things have blown down in the night. A tent is located in the back where guests from the ITV2 show can stay before leaving. And that’s all blown away. That’s all gone. It’s been pretty tough”.

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Source: Mirror