If it is a thing... can we maybe not send a rejection and just say something like "no avaliable reviewers, sorry we cannot continue the publication process at this time. Here are your options..."

Somehow this reminds me of my postdoc days at Davis where the lab on the floor above had a faulty dishwasher that flooded and came through the ceiling of our lab and the cardboard ceiling tiles where dropping out everywhere as mass panic ensued as we rushed to move seed stocks, equipment etc.😬