It came under control the fire that broke out in a South African Parliament building, with the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille, stating that there is no information on injuries.
It is unknown at this time what caused the fire.
According to initial reports, the fire started in an office space and spread to a gym, said Jean-Pierre Smith, a member of the Cape Town City Council, responsible for security.
Dense smoke was coming from the roof of the building and from the entrance as firefighters poured water with pumps inside.
According to the French Agency, the fire broke out around 05:00 Greek time in an old Parliament building.
It is in this huge Victorian building, with its white facade and red bricks, that the last president of apartheid, FB de Klerk, announced in February 1990 the end of the racist regime.
Roads in the area were blocked immediately. The security cordon reaches the place where flowers were deposited, in the courtyard of the neighboring cathedral of St. George, as a tribute to the hero of the battle against apartheid Desmond Tutu, whose funeral took place yesterday.
His body was cremated this morning in the church during a private ceremony.
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