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The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has determined that a fire which destroyed 40 decommissioned coaches at its main station in Bulawayo in September may have been caused by a cigarette stub left by an employee, reported <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/cigarette-stub-started-fire-that-destroyed-decommissioned-coaches-worth-us40000-nrz/">NewZimbabwe.com</a>.
Initially, the parastatal suspected foul play, as the incident followed another fire involving coaches in Harare, raising suspicions of arson.
However, NRZ general manager Respina Zinyanduko, appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts, revealed that internal investigations suggest the fire was likely caused by a discarded cigarette stub. She said:
<blockquote>
The initial report that I got from loss control as well as the report I got from a commission of inquiry that we set, it constituted of different departments of NRZ has indicated that it could be a fire was as a result of some employees, because we do not allow some people to smoke at work, some employees could have taken shelter in those coaches trying to hide and smoking a bit.
One of them might have left a stub that was still burning and there was the wind; it then resulted in the spread of fire.
</blockquote>
Zinyanduko told the Committee that the decommissioned coaches had surpassed their operational lifespan and were awaiting disposal as scrap.
Due to the fire, the NRZ incurred a loss of US$40,000 in the value of these coaches. Said Zinyanduko:
<blockquote>
The value that was lost was minimal because we had taken the seats from these coaches and they were fitted to those which were operational.
These were more like shells that were parked to be refurbished in the future or disposed of.
The value that was there was on the scrap value of the assets, I examined the coaches one by one myself and they are still in a condition in which we can dispose of them as scrap metal.
Those coaches in our books were carrying a value of about US$1,000 each because they were just shells.
</blockquote>
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A fire destroyed 40 old train coaches in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. At first, people thought it was done on purpose, but it turns out it might have been caused by a cigarette stub left by an employee. The train company, NRZ, lost $40,000 because of the fire, but the coaches were old and already useless. The company had plans to dispose of them as scrap. It was a big loss, but not as big as it could have been.

Discarded Cigarette Stub May Have Caused Fire That Destroyed 40 NRZ Coaches In Bulawayo

South Africa has banned Zimbabwean trains from its territory stating that the old wagons raise a high risk of derailment.
The ban was confirmed by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/National_Railways_of_Zimbabwe">National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)</a> general manager <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Respina_Zinyanduko">Ms Respina Zinyanduko</a> Monday while answering questions before Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee. Zinyanduko said:
<blockquote>
The challenge about our failure to send our wagons to South Africa is that our wagons are old.
Because the wagons are old, SA does not want them on their rail lines because they say they have a high risk of derailment because of their age. They do not want to risk damaging their tracks.
If you look at other countries like DRC, Zambia, Botswana and Mozambique, our wagons are going all the way to these countries without any challenges.
So, the only challenge with SA is our wagons. They say if we buy new wagons, they will allow them into SA.
Their wagons (SA) are actually coming into Zimbabwe. Because our wagons are sub-standard, NRZ is now using SA’s wagons to carry goods to SA.
</blockquote>
Zinyanduko added that NRZ’s railway system needed new wagons as most of its equipment had gone beyond its average life span of 40 years.
She said of the 68 mainline locomotives, 14 of these were not working and the rest needed upgrading or replacement. Zinyanduko added:
<blockquote>
Most of them have outlived their 25 years life span. Wagons have also outlived their 40-year life span and most had gone beyond 60 years.
</blockquote>
Over the years, the company which is wholly owned by the government claimed to have entered into deals with some international companies including <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/turkish-company-starts-implementing-phase-1-of-nrz-deal/">Yapi Merkezi, a Turkish company</a>, in a bid to recapitalise and modernise the nation’s railway system.
There is no notable transformation to date.
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