Firefighters have been called to parliament after engineers discovered “hot spots” during an inspection.
“This is a precautionary safety measure to avert any potential flare up, and there is no immediate danger to either the inspectors on site or the general parliamentary community,” said parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo.tructural engineers from the public works and infrastructure department were conducting inspections inside the National Assembly building.
They “picked up some heat at certain spots on the basement of the building” and called in the Cape Town fire and rescue team. “The fire department will be on site shortly to attend to the heat,” Moloto said in a statement released just after 2pm on Wednesday.
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