Athenkosi Mvane
16 April 2013
Metrorail in the Western
Cape
This is after another train was
torched in the Parow area this yesterday.
Cooperation Affairs Manager of
Metrorail Zino Mhika said the damage to trains specifically setting trains on
fire cost about R12 million to repair.
Mhika said that three Metroplus
carriages were damaged, the fire destroyed one carriage and two adjacent
carriages were damaged.
“We can not yet speculate in terms
of the definitive cause of the fire, but early indications are that it was
deliberate so we can refer to it as arson” Mhika added.
Mhika said that no injuries were reported and
the train was not carrying passengers at the time; the train was later
operational.
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