{"id":128504,"date":"2022-01-02T12:11:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T11:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=128504"},"modified":"2022-01-02T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T11:11:20","slug":"fire-guts-south-african-parliament-building-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/02\/fire-guts-south-african-parliament-building-in-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts South African parliament building in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major fire broke out at South Africa\u2019s seat of parliament in Cape Town early Sunday, threatening the National Assembly building.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was believed to have started in one of the older buildings in the parliament precinct, leading to a security cordon nearby the cathedral where anti-apartheid icon Archbishop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/02\/late-south-african-archbishop-desmond-tutus-body-will-be-aquamated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desmond Tutu<\/a> was buried just hours before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe roof has caught fire and the National Assembly building is also on fire,\u201d a spokesman for the city\u2019s emergency services told AFP, requesting reinforcements at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fire is not under control and cracks in the walls of the building have been reported,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>No one was believed to have been harmed and the cause of the blaze was not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services said that the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/01\/breaking-fire-guts-3-storey-building-in-surulere-lagos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a> is currently on the third floor \u2014 initial reports indicate it started in the office space and is spreading toward the gymnasium\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out in a former parliament building at around 0300 GMT on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Flames and smoke were visible above the building in the early morning, according to AFP journalists at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Concerned Cape Town residents quickly shared pictures of the fire on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Former Cape Town mayor and current minister Patricia de Lille told reporters at the scene that the \u201cactual National assembly is still safe\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFire Service have the situation under control,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter reinforcements arrived at the scene, using a crane to spray water on the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services feared the fire could spread swiftly through the old rooms, which are decorated with thick carpets and curtains.<\/p>\n<p>The area around the fire in the upmarket neighbourhood was quickly cordoned off.<\/p>\n<p>The cordon stretched to where flowers were still displayed in front the nearby St. George\u2019s Cathedral, where Tutu\u2019s funeral took place on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>After a simple, no-frills mass, with a cheap coffin \u2014 according to the famously modest Tutu\u2019s instructions \u2014 his ashes were interred in the cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>While Cape Town is home to South Africa\u2019s seat of parliament, including the National Assembly and upper House National Council of Provinces, the government is based in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town consist of three sections, including the original and oldest building that was completed in 1884.<\/p>\n<p>The newer additions \u2014 constructed in the 1920s and 1980s \u2014 house the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town suffered a previous fire in April, when a blaze on the famed Table Mountain which overlooks the city spread, ravaging part of The University of Cape Town\u2019s library holding a unique collection of African archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major fire broke out at South Africa\u2019s seat of parliament in Cape Town early Sunday, threatening the National Assembly building. 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