A fire ravaged South Africa’s parliament building on Sunday as dozens of firefighters worked to put out the flames, but the blaze reignited 36 hours later. A man was arrested and is being questioned by police. Officials said no one was injured. Read:
Sunday morning, South Africa's National Assembly building in Cape Town experienced a fire so strong that firefighters were still working on putting it out Monday.
The fire began in the offices on the third floor, then quickly spread throughout the National Assembly building, thePolice said a man was arrested Sunday for questioning in connection to the fire. The BBC reported that the man is not a parliamentary employee. He allegedly entered the building through a back window.
J.P. Smith, a city of Cape Town safety and security official, said the building's main chamber was"completely gutted" by the fire, with parts of the roof collapsing.In addition to the structural damage, the BBC report said there might be damage to some of the artwork and historical artifacts that were housed in the building.
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