where we ve contained it and where the fire is currently taking place. part of the other smoke that you see coming out is there is a big extractor fan that is pulling the smoke and everything from the national council of provinces out into the air, and that is what you see it happening also at the moment. jermaine carelse from cape town fire and rescue told us about the emergency response. we receive the calljust after five this morning, of the building alight in parliament avenue and when the officer arrived and confirmed that it was the parliamentary building, we had eight firefighting appliances on scene and 50 firefighters currently. and obviously it is quite a fluid situation, with the fire inside the building creating intense heat.
those might be the offices of good. the second point of fire is the national assembly chamber behind me, which you can see, which is gutted. the structural ceiling has collapsed. fire staff had to be momentarily withdrawn. the old chamber, i have walked around it inside with the provincial commissioner. it is not possible to see if it is damaged. we hope it is not because it has so many historical artefacts in, but you can t gain access without breaking down the doors and we don t want to do that. the doors and windows being closed smothers the fire and reduces the amount of damage, so it is a positive that that is the case. jermaine carelse from cape town fire and rescue told us about the emergency response. we received the calljust after five this morning, of a building alight in parliament avenue. and when the officer arrived, he confirmed that it was the parliamentary building that was alight.
exactly where the fire started, but we can tell you where we ve contained it and where the fire is currently taking place. part of the other smoke that you see coming out is there is a big extractorfan other smoke that you see coming out is there is a big extractor fan that is there is a big extractor fan that is pulling the smoke and everything from the national council of provinces out into the air, and that is what you see is happening also at the moment. jermaine carelsa from cape town fire and rescue told us about the emergency response. we receive the calljust after five this morning, and when the officer arrived this morning, and when the officer arrived and this morning, and when the officer arrived and confirmed that it was the parliamentary building, we had ei-ht the parliamentary building, we had eight firefighting appliances on scene eight firefighting appliances on scene and 50 firefighters currently. and obviously it is quite a fluid situation, and obviously it is
positive that that is the case. jermaine carelse from cape town fire and rescue told us about the emergency response. we received the calljust after five this morning, of a building alight in parliament avenue. and when the officer arrived, he confirmed that it was the parliamentary building that was alight. we currently have about eight firefighting appliances on scene with approximately over 40 firefighters currently. and obviously this is quite a fluid situation, with the fire inside the building creating intense heat. we are getting reports from the aerial appliances that are fighting the fire from the roof side that the bitumen on top of the roof is currently melting. and there are reports of cracks in the walls inside the building itself. there have been no reports of the fire spreading to other buildings and we have the aerial appliances to deal with exposure protection. ajudge in the united states has