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Mayor bemoans lack of arrests as arsonists have torched more than 40 carriages since 2017, which has crippled the city's public transport systemTrains have been targets of arson attacks in Cape Town since 2017. Two train sets worth about R33m were destroyed in a fire at Cape Town Station on Sunday. Picture: RUVAN BOSHOFF
Two trains, worth an estimated R33m, were burnt to ashes at Cape Town station on Sunday in a suspected arson attack, according to Metrorail. Richard Walker, regional head of Metrorail, said that two platforms were also damaged during the blaze and warned that commuters would feel the knock-on effects.
“A [train] set was torched on platform 13 and high winds immediately fanned the fire and moved to an adjacent train set. The final count now is 12 coaches with an estimated value of damage to the train sets alone about R33m,” he told
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