On 6 February a fire which broke out in Cape Town between the N2 and Baden Powell
Drive was extinguished before it could reach the nearby Cape Town Film Studios. The
studios have in recent years been used as the shoot location for US TV series
Black Sails.
The fire, which cause is undetermined, emerged from an area in Faure and caused the
N2 to be shut down temporarily due to bad visibility. The City of Cape Town Fire
Services dispatched two helicopters as well as four fire engines, three water tankers
and 26 fire fighters to control and monitor the blaze, according to a report by News24.
No one was injured and the studios were fortunately unaffected by the fire.
