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Transnet is investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a luxury Blue Train coach early on Tuesday morning. The coach was at the company’s engineering facility in Koedoespoort for repairs.
Transnet says three people were seen fleeing the scene.
One person was apprehended by Transnet security personnel and handed over to the police. Two others are still at large.
The coach had been taken to Koedoespoort for repairs after being involved in a derailment last November.
Transnet is investigating the cause of a fire which broke out in a luxury Blue Train coach early this morning. The coach was at the company’s Engineering facility in Koedoespoort in Pretoria – for repairs.
— SAfm news (@SAfmnews) February 8, 2022
Blue Train coach on fire at the Transnet Koedoespoort facility in Pretoria.
One suspect apprehended, two other still at large.
This is the same train that derailed in November…#SouthAfrica #Burning ? pic.twitter.com/oCtbdZL0Xn
— QAnton (@antonnies) February 8, 2022
