NATIONAL NEWS - Firefighters in Cape Town are battling to contain a fire spreading through the buildings in the Parliament Precinct on Sunday morning
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) building and the Old Assembly Chamber appear to be at risk.
It may appear as though the National Assembly (NA) is on fire, but that is due to the extractor “pulling all the smoke out of the National Assembly”, Minister of Public Works, Patricia de Lille said.
De Lille reiterated it was the Old Assembly building that caught fire, not the National Assembly building. Firefighters had the blaze “mostly under control”, she added.
Fire and rescue services could only confirm that the teams were dispatched to Parliament, where the roof was already on fire.
While the cause of the fire is still unknown at this stage, reports seem to indicate it began in the office space and is spreading towards the gymnasium.
