Sky’s Open coverage goes up in flames

Kinda.

Phil Mickelson wasn’t the only thing on fire in Royal Troon today.

Wirecams are sports broadcasters’ latest toy - enabling those overhead shots to give fans a bird's-eye view of the action.

One suffered a fairly serious malfunction at Royal Troon today, bursting into flames while the Open Championship was underway.

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Despite the warning of ‘DANGER’ on the Instagram post, it doesn’t appear to have caused any real drama or concern.

Sky's 'innovative' wirecam at #TheOpen is on fire. Not like Phil Mickelson 'on fire', quite literally in flames pic.twitter.com/zdZriH8LY4

— Pete Hannah (@peter_hannah) July 15, 2016

No word yet on what caused the fire, although we can probably rule out spontaneously combusting in the Scottish sun.

A change in the weather on the Troon links for the second round of #TheOpen but Phil Mickelson continues to shine. pic.twitter.com/Uz7CIWlbXx

— Getty Images Sport (@GettySport) July 15, 2016