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Parliament, Friday, 7 January 2022 – The Presiding Officers of Parliament have received a fire and safety report of the City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services from the Mayor of the City of Cape Town on Thursday 6 January.
The report follows a battle by the firefighters over three days to bring under control the inferno that broke out at Parliament on Sunday, 2 January 2022.
The report contains preliminary observations of the firefighters during the course of their work, which is a standard procedure when dealing with incidents of this nature.
The information does not in any way purport to provide conclusive findings and evidence regarding the cause and the circumstances surrounding the fire that gutted certain buildings at the Parliamentary precinct.
The responsibility to investigate the source of the fire rests with the law enforcement agencies, and their investigation is currently underway.
The City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services report is important, as it will assist the ongoing investigations both externally and internally. These investigations must be afforded space to unfold.
Parliament will only comment after these investigations are concluded and we are confident that they will be finalised in due course, and will provide concrete evidence and findings regarding the fire.
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