From July to October 2018, Metrorail lost several trains due to fires in Cape Town, and Sunday’s incident has set it back once again.
CAPE TOWN - Metrorail in the Western Cape fears the latest train fire could be a sign of more to come.
In 2018, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa told members of Parliament it lost R636 million to train fires over the past three and a half years, with the Western Cape seeing most of these incidents.
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