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Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille said the situation is under control.

City of Cape Town fire and rescue spokesperson Jermaine Carelse says they received the call at 5am about the fire.

Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille said the situation is under control.

Emergency services are battling to contain a fire that broke out at Parliament in Cape Town on Sunday morning.

   CAPE TOWN, Jan 2, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - A massive fire in South Africa's houses  of parliament in Cape Town caused

Firefighters are battling a blaze at Parliament in Cape Town.

Early reports indicate flames rising from the Old Assembly Building.

Firefighters are battling a blaze in the national Parliament buildings in Cape Town that caused the roof of the old National Assembly to collapse. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Cape Town [South Africa], January 2 (ANI/ Sputnik): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that someone was being held for questioning in connection with a massive fire that erupted at the parliamentary precinct in the early hours of Sunday morning with no casualties.

President Cyril Ramaphosa tells reporters a man has been held and that sprinkler systems had apparently failed