'Please don't try to make cheese on toast in the toaster': BBC staff are given bizarre safety reminder after canteen 'incident'

BBC staff were warned not to put cheese in the canteen toaster or risk having the building evacuated following 'an incident' last week.

A sign put up at breakfast reminded workers 'only plain sliced bread, bagels and muffins' were to be put through the toaster.

The warning comes after someone tried to make cheese and toast in the machine and nearly set off the fire alarm. 

The sign was tweeted by presenter and reporter Tina Daheley, who said it was from inside the BBC canteen.

It read: 'Following an incident last week where someone attempted to put cheese on toast through the toaster, can we remind you of the following:

'Only plain sliced bread, bagels and muffins should be put through the toaster.

'Failure to observe this will inconvenience other customers and may activate the smoke/fire alarms, resulting in an evacuation.'

One tweeter replied: 'If you have worked at a hotel breakfast buffet you know this is a real life struggle.'

Another wrote: 'My last place had a toaster like that, someone 'buttered' their bread first and put it in. It was like stars in their eyes with the smoke.'