One person has died and four women have been left injured - one seriously - after a South African train was allegedly set ablaze this morning.

Pictures of the train burning on the tracks in Cape Town have been widely shared on social media.

Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service press officer Theo Layne told the BBC emergency services were on the scene at 09:00 local time (07:00 GMT).

The fire destroyed two carriages, and left the body of the deceased so badly burnt it was impossible to tell whether they were a man or woman, he said.

Arson is suspected, Mr Layne added.

This is the second time in a month a Cape Town train has caught fire. No one is believed to have been hurt in that incident.

Agencies