Fire Alarm Went Off At 49ers Hotel, Players Convinced It Was Inside Job

Is someone actively trying to sabotage the San Francisco 49ers?

The Niners had a rude awakening Thursday when the fire alarm went off at 6 a.m. at their team hotel in Las Vegas. Engineers immediately said it was a false alarm and no one needed to evacuate. Still, the ringing went on for an ear-piercing 18 minutes before staff could get the alarm turned off.

Tight end George Kittle said he simply holed up in the bathroom until the noise stopped. But other players weren't so nonchalant about the surprise wake-up call: Namely, Christian McCaffrey and Nick Bosa.

"It had to be them," Kittle said after taking an informal poll with his teammates to see who was the grumpiest. "You don't want to wake the sleeping bear. But Christian was not happy, too."

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In fact, both McCaffrey and Bosa were convinced the alarm didn't go off by accident.

"I think there's no way it's random," McCaffrey said. "It's part of it. It's just more wood thrown on the fire."

And Bosa noted this incident wasn't the first time the team had to deal with hotel shenanigans while on the road.

"I'm sure somebody did it," Bosa said. "It kind of reminded me of Philly when they had this construction going on outside. It was early in the morning, and they were like demolishing a bridge right outside our hotel. We haven't had the best luck. But no excuses."

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McCaffrey's mom Lisa chimed in, too. During Thursday's episode of her Your Mom podcast with Ashley Adamson, Lisa said "one hundred percent [it was an inside job] because there was no emergency."

"Who do you think did it? Should we name names?" Adamson asked. 

Lisa replied: "I don’t know… Their hotel is big-time lockdown, so I don’t think it was a fan infiltrating. I bet it was maybe an employee from Kansas City."

49ers Complain UNLV Practice Field Is 'Too Soft'

The San Francisco 49ers are in Las Vegas and set to practice at UNLV ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. But the team is concerned the playing surface isn't up to par.

Alarm-gate is just the latest obstacle the Niners have had to overcome since their arrival in Vegas ahead of Super Bowl LVIII. The team remains unhappy about the condition of the practice fields they have used at UNLV this week.

Niners officials, coaches and players have noted that the surface, which is sod laid over turf, is much softer than it should be.

Still, the show must go on. 

"We're just trying to get to Sunday and be as prepared as we possibly can," Bosa said. "And if we have to deal with a couple more issues, we're ready to do it."

The 49ers have one more workout at UNLV on Friday to wrap up the practice week. Then, they'll try to get a couple of good nights' rest before the big game on Sunday — assuming no one else pulls the fire alarm.