Big Brother Africa postponed because of fire incident at BBA house in South Africa

This year’s Big Brother Africa – Hotshots – which was scheduled to kick off on Sunday, September 7, has been postponed indefinitely, after a fire outbreak in the BBA House.

A press release from M-Net read: “M-Net and Endemol SA advise that due to a devastating fire at the Big Brother house on 2 September 2014, Big Brother Hotshots will not launch this Sunday (7 September) as scheduled. The cause of the fire at this stage is unknown and investigations will commence as soon as it is safe to do so.

“At this stage M-Net and Endemol are urgently looking for an alternative Big Brother house in which to film the production, however as this production has highly technical infrastructure, camera and edit requirements an alternative is not immediately available. Every effort will be made to find a solution as quickly as possible to ensure that Africa’s biggest reality show will continue.

Where is the BBA house?

It is based at the Sesani Studios in Johannesburg

Was anyone injured in the fire?

No one was injured during the fire.

As more information unfolds, we will communicate.”