Cape Times reports that Cape Town Metrorail staffers managed to stop an attempted arson attack in its tracks on Tuesday.  

In what could have been the third devastating incident in a week, someone set fire to a seat in a carriage of a stationary train at the city’s central station.  The attack took place at platform 11, two platforms down from platform 13 when carriages were gutted by fire on Saturday.  "One carriage seat was set alight, and was soon extinguished by Metrorail staff," the City's Fire and Rescue spokesperson Theo Layne said.  Platforms 12 and 13 remained closed for repairs this week.  Up until Tuesday morning, there had been at least seven attacks in six weeks, resulting in damage worth hundreds of millions of rand.

• A short report is at Cape Times
• See too, Staff put out fire on Cape Town train, at SABC News
• And also, Metrorail officials on high alert amid train arson attacks, at EWN

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