A fire broke out in a room between the Old Assembly and National Council of Provinces buildings on Friday. No one was injured in the incident and only minimal damage to clothing materials and other unidentified objects was caused. Parliament’s Protection Services reacted quickly and doused the fire with fire-fighting equipment.
The room in which the fire occurred was not used for official Parliamentary business. An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway and more details will be released in due course.
Over the past two weeks, Parliament has erected more no smoking signs at entrances and other strategic points in the precinct. This is to comply with the relevant regulations and to ensure that Parliamentary buildings are smoke free and to protect non-smokers from health hazards posed by smoking.
As part of Parliament’s healthy lifestyle programme, a support service is provided to all who want to stop smoking.
