Major fire in South African Parliament

The fire, which began in South African Parliament, shortly after 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT) on Sunday January 2, the day after Archbishop Desmond Tutu's state funeral at St George's Cathedral, near parliament.
There has been significant damage to the New Assembly Wing of the building, which includes the National Assembly chamber where lawmakers sit. It also said some offices had been severely gutted.
Fire and rescue service officials earlier said it would take hours to put the fire out completely because of the carpets and wooden floors in the building. However, since the parliament is not currently in session because of the holidays, no injuries were reported.
A police spokesperson said a man has been arrested for the fire. He was already facing charges of arson, housebreaking and theft. The 49-year-old man is charged with "housebreaking, arson" and damaging state property. The fire led to the "complete burning down" of the chamber of the National Assembly. No casualties have been reported in the fire, but the damage to the nation's parliament has shocked the country.
The fire that began in the early hours on Sunday and devastated much of the parliament complex before it was declared under control on Monday morning. But strong winds reignited the blaze late in the afternoon. Firefighters had to be sent back to the Parliament precinct in the center of Cape Town after flames re-appeared on the roof of the main Parliament building in the late afternoon. About 34 firefighters were working on it.