Timeslive reports that firefighters responded to yet another train fire in Cape Town on Tuesday morning.  

City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services received a call at about 10.00 that two railway carriages were alight at Koeberg station in Maitland.  No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is presently unknown.  The train was burning a few hundred metres from the depot where Transport Minister Blade Nzimande addressed reporters two weeks ago‚ vowing to address the arson attacks that have taken 150 carriages out of service since 2015.  Tuesday's incident brings the total number of carriages burnt to 152.  The fires have left Metrorail with only 50 functioning train sets for its commuter services in Cape Town, while it says it needs 88 to run an efficient service.

This short report by Aron Hyman is at Timeslive

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