A dark puff of smoke and red flames blazed out of the National South African parliament this Sunday morning around 6 am.
The huge government building resides at the center of Cape Town’s capital. After that, 35 Firefighters fought hard to extinguish the flames erupting from the building and get hold of the situation.
No injuries were reported to any of the ministers from the fire accident
The fire started on the third floor of the parliament that houses offices and then ravaged to where South Africa’s Parliament sits, the National Assembly building.
City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Jermaine Carelse reported no injuries to post the incident to anyone.
The fire broke out a day after the simple funeral service of the activist Desmond Tutu. Many of South Africa’s high-ranking politicians and the President were present in Cape Town. They specially gathered at the city’s St. George’s Cathedral, which is about a block away from the Parliament precinct, for the funeral service of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which took place on Saturday.
The Officials brief on the fire broke out and water damage
Patricia de Lille, the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, shared the details of the accident. Initially, the fire was concentrated in an old Parliament building behind the National Assembly. She said before the fire advanced to the National Chambers where the sitting of the ministry occurs.
“This is a very sad day for democracy, for Parliament is the home of our democracy,” she said at last. She later informed that South Africa’s President Cyril had been told about the fire. Furthermore, authorities fear that parts of buildings first built in the late 1800s might collapse because of the heat. “The bitumen on the roof is even melting, an indication of the intense heat. There have been reports of some walls showing cracks, which could indicate a collapse,” News24 website quoted Carelse about the possibility of further damages.
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