Record reporter falls into manhole during live broadcast near São Paulo

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Brazilian TV reporter Paola Vianna fell into an open manhole during a live broadcast on Wednesday while covering a chemical plant fire near São Paulo but escaped uninjured. Vianna was reporting for Record's "Hoje em Dia" program and was backing away from emergency vehicles at the fire in Itaquaquecetuba when she lost her balance and fell. She interrupted the transmission briefly but returned, confirming she was unharmed. Afterward, Vianna posted a video saying she mistook onlookers' warnings for gestures related to firefighting operations. She joked her main concern was not dropping her microphone. Host Celso Zucatelli praised her calm during the incident.


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