Aerial footage shows National Assembly roof alight, firefighters battling flare up

Published on

3 January 2022

The City’s Fire and Rescue Service has battled a blaze at Parliament since Sunday morning. On Monday afternoon, the fire flared up.

The void beneath the roof sheeting of the National Assembly caught alight.

Currently there are at least 6 firefighting appliances on scene, as well as the hydraulic platform from Roeland Str. fire station.

Approximately 34 firefighters are busy with active firefighting.

These are the aerial/drone footage and pictures of this afternoon's flare up. They were provided by the Cape Town Metro Emergency Medical Services pic.twitter.com/D2LJl78sEc
— Parliament of RSA (@ParliamentofRSA) January 3, 2022

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm