A blaze on Tuesday night destroyed the parliament building, archives and library
A fire has destroyed the national parliament building of the Marshall Islands, according to officials in the Pacific Island nation.
The Marshall Islands fire department said half of the parliament building – known as the Nitijela – had been burnt down, in an interview with Reuters.
Firefighters were called to the scene in the early hours of Tuesday morning when the building was already engulfed. They successfully stopped the blaze, but police officials told Reuters the remaining structure cannot be used.
RNZ reported the parliament chamber, offices, library and archives had all been destroyed.
