Firefighters finally leave South Africa Parliament complex

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Four days after a major fire broke out at the South Africa’s parliament in Cape Town, Firefighters have handed over the responsibility to police. The fire has destroyed the main chamber, causing the roof of one building to collapse.

A man was arrested in this case, suspected to be cause the fire. He has appeared in court under the charges for housebreak, theft, arson and contravention. As per the law the access to government buildings is restricted, where-as he has entered the building un-lawfully. Explosive devices were also found with him as per the Police.

The suspected man is in custody now. His motive behind this is still not clear, as per Police Officials, it is too early to make any comment on the real motive, neither it is clear if it was an intentional attack on the seat of South Africa’s democracy. As of now, he is on Police custody till the bail hearing. No more arrests have been made so far in this case.

The National Assembly building was completely gutted in fire. Flames could be seen from neighbouring streets with thick black smoke appearing from the parliament building.
Although no major fatalities were reported from the accident site. The fire started on Sunday and took dozens of firefighters to blaze the flame.

The firefighting team was working more than 71 hours. In a statement issued by Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, he mentioned malfunctioning in a sprinklers system, he stated a sprinkler system 'did not work as it was supposed to' and that a person was
being questioned by authorities in relation to the fire. He also appreciated efforts of the firefighters for non-stop efforts to save the building from being razed to ashes. Though there was huge loss of parliamentary precinct and its contents as well as assets, including
parliament's historical treasures of heritage.

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