{"id":30832,"date":"2014-09-03T04:55:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T03:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=30832"},"modified":"2014-09-03T04:55:22","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T03:55:22","slug":"fire-guts-big-brother-africa-house-safrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fire-guts-big-brother-africa-house-safrica\/","title":{"rendered":".Fire Guts Big Brother Africa House in S\u2019Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3214\" style=\"color: #000000;\">The Big Brother Africa house in Johannesburg, South Africa, was today gutted by fire.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3213\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3212\" style=\"color: #000000;\">According to a statement by M-Net and Endemol, as well as tweets monitored on the Big Brother Africa twitter handle, the \u201cdevastating fire\u201d has necessitated a need to postpone the September 7, 2014 launch of the Big Brother Hotshots.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3211\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3210\" style=\"color: #000000;\">It said, \u201cThe cause of the fire, at this stage, is unknown and investigations will commence as soon as it is safe to do so.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3209\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3207\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAt 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.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3277\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3272\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Every effort will be made to find a solution as quickly as possible to ensure that Africa\u2019s biggest reality show will continue.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3273\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1409716123613_3274\" style=\"color: #000000;\">No life was lost as a result of the fire, and no one was injured. 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