A large fire has ripped through the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa.

Firefighters were called to the scene just after 5am local time as video footage shows a plume of black smoke filling the sky amid fears parts of the building could collapse.

Huge flames have torn through the roof and thick black smoke can be seen from miles away as locals share footage from Table Mountain on the outskirts of the city.

The cause of the fire has not yet been confirmed and it is unclear if anybody is inside the building.

City of Cape Town's Fire and Rescue Service spokesman Jermaine Carelse said: "The bitumen on the roof is even melting, an indication of the intense heat.

"There have been reports of some walls showing cracks, which could indicate a collapse."

The blaze comes hours after Archbishop Desmond Tutu's state funeral at St George's Cathedral, near Parliament.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the late Archbishop as "our moral compass and national conscience".

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Politicians doing what they know how to do best... Arson after looting

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Hmmmn. Great loss to South Africa Tax Payers


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwJlWtL8jf0

2022

Only a section of the building is on fire

Hm?mmmm

It's a parliamentary fire

End of the year clear off I believe

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Ok

Evidence in flames

Haa

God be with us. Make Dem quench the fire.

No much damage

Buhari is a terrible human being

C waytin buhari don cause

Set on fire on purpose

One Judas there set it ablaze.

This is a practice which they copied from Nigeria

next is Aso rock and it's occupants


Naija shall be free

Ok, seen.

Saskay44:
C waytin buhari don cause

He has stopped your easy access to meth.

Golan007:


He has stopped your easy access to meth.

mumu

See as south Africa be like Europe.. fine country..


The only country in Africa where you see a reasonable number of white living without any fear or carrying escort police up and down... I really envy south Africa.. but the people doesn't fit the beautiful country

Bihari why?

Saskay44:
mumu

E pain am.

It must be the Holy Ghost firrrrrre!

So sad