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The interior of South Africa's National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, was "extensively destroyed" by a fire that broke out early Sunday, a local official said Monday morning.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- A major fire ripped through South Africa's 138-year-old Parliament complex Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings to collapse at a site that has hosted some of the country's pivotal moments. As firefighters struggled to tame the blaze, a dark plume of smoke and flames rose high into the air above the southern city of Cape Town.

South African firefighters struggle to extinguish a new blaze at the complex housing the two chambers of the national parliament in Cape Town.

National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will not take responsibility for the fire that gutted parliament on Sunday.

The interior of South Africas National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, was "extensively destroyed" by a fire, a local official said on Monday.As of 6.50 a.m. (local time) Monday, firefighters have been working at the fourth ...

The interior of South Africas National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, was extensively destroyed by a fire, a local official said on Monday.

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National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she will not take responsibility for the fire that gutted parliament on Sunday.

Firefighters are battling a blaze in the national Parliament buildings in Cape Town. The cause of the fire is not known as of now.

Some road closures around Parliament as a fire has spread to the National Assembly.