Cape Town – Another train carriage has been gutted in Cape Town after a fire on Thursday morning and according to Metrorail the blaze resulted from an arson attack near Stellenbosch.
Metrorail spokesperson Riana Scott confirmed police arrested a suspect after train carriages were set alight at the Koelenhof station on Wednesday night.
The same train, which had been parked at Metrorail's Koeberg depot, then caught alight as a result of a "residual fire", Scott said.
She said the fire would not affect services. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Services spokesperson Theo Layne said firefighters responded to news of the fire at the Koeberg depot at 10.57am on Thursday morning.
A Metrorail train carriage caught alight at the Koeberg depot in Cape Town on Thursday morning. Metrorail says its a "residual fire" after the same train was set alight at Koelenhof station on Wednesday night. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the arson attack. Photo: Supplied by City of Cape Town Fire.
"It took firefighters just over an hour to completely extinguish the fire," he said. On Monday, several carriages of two trains were set alight at Cape Town Railway Station after major delays which caused commuters to go on the rampage, vandalising and looting shops.
