{"id":29356,"date":"2026-03-10T23:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/29356\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:15:09","slug":"at-least-six-dead-after-bus-bursts-into-flames-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/29356\/","title":{"rendered":"At least six dead after bus bursts into flames in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least six people have been killed and five injured<\/a> after a bus erupted in a massive blaze in Switzerland<\/a>, police have said according to Swiss media.<\/p>\n

The bus was \u201ccompletely engulfed in flames<\/a>\u201d when firefighters arrived, police<\/a> said in a statement, in what they suspect it may have been an act of deliberate arson.<\/p>\n

The postal bus was travelling from D\u00fcdingen to Kerzers, in the Fribourg canton. and caught fire shortly before its final stop at around 6:25pm local time, around 12 miles west of Bern.<\/p>\n

Footage of the scene shows a huge inferno tearing through a yellow bus, leaving just a charred shell of the vehicle after the fire had been put out.<\/p>\n

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The bus was left as a charred shell after the huge fire in Kerzers, in the Fribourg Canton of Switzerland (Fribourg Cantonal Police)<\/p>\n

Police said in a press conference that there were six deaths and five injuries, according to Swiss media. In a press release, police said the number of dead is not yet confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cLate in the day, a fire on a postal bus resulted in several deaths and injuries. Arson is suspected,\u201d cantonal police said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral people injured and several are dead. Emergency services are currently on the scene. The cause is not yet known,\u201d they added. The deceased individuals have not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

\"Fire<\/p>\n

Fire investigators examine the postal bus that caught fire (AP)<\/p>\n

Swedish outlet Blick reports that police were tipped off that a person doused themselves with gasoline on the bus<\/p>\n

“We have information that a person was the cause of the fire. However, we cannot confirm this,” the spokesperson said, adding that it is unclear whether there is any danger to the public.<\/p>\n

“The intervention will certainly continue throughout the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medics, including several ambulances and a helicopter, transported three injured people to hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The incident took place in Kerzers, 12 kilometres from Bern (AP)<\/p>\n

Two other victims were examined at the scene and were not hospitalised.<\/p>\n

Police added: \u201cThe fire may have been deliberately set. An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of this tragedy.<\/p>\n

\u201cRescue and security operations are continuing. A criminal investigation has been opened by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is leading the inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n

An investigation into the fire is being led by the Fribourg Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, with police conducting the investigation on-site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least six people have been killed and five injured after a bus erupted in a massive blaze…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17832,17834,17,17833],"class_list":{"0":"post-29356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-fribourg","9":"tag-postal-bus","10":"tag-switzerland","11":"tag-yellow-bus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116207427440413714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}