Houses of Parliament in the South Africa severely damaged by Fire

The South African Parliament has today been severely damaged by a fire which is suspected to be arson , one man has been arrested for questioning by authorities.


There are reports the building's sprinkler system failed to operate and the fire detection system only sounded a while after firefighters arrived at the scene , the roof of the building has partially collapsed and large cracks have developed in the wall raising fears of the building's stability.

Dozens of firefighters battled the flames. Officials later said that the entire parliamentary complex was severely damaged.

J P Smith, a member of the Cape Town mayoral committee for safety and security, told reporters that the roof above the old assembly hall was "completely gone" and further damage inside the old chamber had not yet been evaluated.

"It is not possible to see whether it's damaged. We hope it is not because it has so many historical artefacts, but you can't gain access to it without breaking the doors down and we don't want to do that," he said.

Officials said the fire started on the third floor offices and quickly spread to the National Assembly (the parliament's lower house) chamber, reports the BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Cape Town.

No injuries have been reported and there's no indication of what may have started it, our correspondent adds.

Fire and rescue service officials said it could take another four hours to put the fire out completely because of the carpets and wooden floors in the building.
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a reply to: gortex
Our own Parliament was destroyed by fire in 1834 because officials were tidying up the place and wanted to get rid of a pile of obsolete records.

originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: gortex
Our own Parliament was destroyed by fire in 1834 because officials were tidying up the place and wanted to get rid of a pile of obsolete records.

And The Nazi's tried to finish the job during WW II

Sub-standard installations, lax inspections, poor maintenance and backhanders. This is the cause and the result.

originally posted by: Granitebones
Sub-standard installations, lax inspections, poor maintenance and backhanders. This is the cause and the result.

You might want to contact President Cyril Ramaphosa with your assessment, he seems still concerned, someone being held for questioning, with "held" being the operative word. It implies they aren't free to leave.

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“They will have to determine how the fire spread from the one blaze to the second blaze,” Mr. Smith said, “because these are two very distinct areas.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa also arrived to inspect the damage on Sunday afternoon.

As the fire raged early on, smoke poured from the National Assembly building’s main entrance. Later, as it was brought more under control, the smoke gave way to show the entrance’s windows blackened.

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa said someone has been taken in for questioning in connection with the fire that broke out in Parliament on Sunday morning.

Speaking outside Parliament to assess the damage, Ramaphosa said the cause of the fire is still being investigated.

“I believe somebody is being held right now and they are being questioned. We need to go a lot deeper into how this type of event can take place and what measures we need to take going forward,” the president said.

The blaze broke out a day after the funeral of Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped lead the fight against apartheid in South Africa. It was held at St. George’s Cathedral, which is a few minutes’ walk from the Houses of Parliament. The archbishop’s ashes were interred in the cathedral on Sunday morning, in a private ceremony for his family at the same time the fire was first spotted.

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I'm just happy they're not calling it the jan 2 insurrection.

Thank god for small miracles.

The God's are about to come calling on the 8th.

originally posted by: wlee48868
The God's are about to come calling on the 8th.

what happens on January 8th?

The man arrested earlier in connection with the fire has now been charged and will appear at court on Tuesday.

A police spokesperson said the 49-year-old man was facing charges of arson, housebreaking and theft, and would appear in court on Tuesday.
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originally posted by: gortex
The man arrested earlier in connection with the fire has now been charged and will appear at court on Tuesday.

A police spokesperson said the 49-year-old man was facing charges of arson, housebreaking and theft, and would appear in court on Tuesday.
news.sky.com...

So...

Sub-standard installations, lax inspections, poor maintenance and backhanders. This is the cause and the result.

Is completely and undeniably false? correct

I saw this on the news this morning and thought it very odd. Sort of ironic, like some sort of warning.
Rainbows
Jane

why does the word 'Reichstag' come to mind?

will be interesting if this suspect has any political agenda.

49 Year Old Man arrested on the scene and charged with Arson and Theft. This Globalist Corporate Media Event here is still highly fluid atm.

Our Globalist Corporate Propaganda Network Brands here in ZAR are now reporting that the building's Sprinkler Valve was turned off, and as well as the Building's entire fire alarm system that then only some-how got activated the minute the fire services arrived.

There seems to be some issue In our Globalist Corporate MSM propaganda Brands here whether the suspect taken into custody has been charged... after they reported he had been charged.

So far we plebs have no info on the suspect here, ...whether he is Jewish, Muslim or Black.

OK... latest here is that the arrested suspect was caught on Security CCTV breaking and entering the Building just before the fire broke out...of course this will be substantial recorded footage given the Terror venue. My guess is the South African Public will never get to see it.

Our Globalist Corporate MSM here now reporting that it looks like the security Cams were turned off as well in our highly protected, tax-funded parliament building...lol.

Man, this arrested perp and his inside ops team knew their stuff when doing media Terror events.

News just in now....Authorities (Local Police and their International Corporate cover-up partners) now entering the scene. It's being called a crime scene now, for obvious reasons thus far.

Seen as we now learn that the security cams were not working as well we are told now by our brands of the Globalist Corporate Propaganda network here, they have carte blanche on assigning responsibility: Will it be right wing Terrorists - Black Nationalist here? Will it be ZAR violent Black Anti-Vaxxers? or Zuma (Like Trump Here) insurrectionists? Shell oil pissed off about their drilling operations being legally blocked on the west coast?...President Cyril Ramaphosa dropping our Global Pharma Mafia Curfew Here and making a mockery of European/US Omicron Goyim lockdowns?...

We just don't know yet

Given the above stuff I posted here it looks like our local brands of the Globalist Corporate Propaganda Network (Shared Globalist Corporate narrative) have already begun memory hole-ing this their would-be locally profitably divisive media event.

It's back to Covid Media-Virus Kumbaya

BREAKING RIGHT NOW!!!! SA PARLIAMENT FIRE NOW BURNING AGAIN! SA PARLIAMENT ON FIRE AGAIN AFTER BEING CONTAINED !!!! WTF??????!!!

originally posted by: James021
BREAKING RIGHT NOW!!!! SA PARLIAMENT FIRE NOW BURNING AGAIN! SA PARLIAMENT ON FIRE AGAIN AFTER BEING CONTAINED !!!! WTF??????!!!

How do I bypass ATS's algorithms? SA Parliament Building now on FIRE AGAIN!!!!