{"id":29455,"date":"2026-03-11T01:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/29455\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T01:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T01:55:09","slug":"switzerland-bus-fire-6-dead-several-injured-in-swiss-postal-bus-fire-police-probe-arson-angle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/29455\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland bus fire: 6 dead, several injured in Swiss postal bus fire; police probe arson angle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At least six people were killed, and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries after a regional bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital on Tuesday evening, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux of the Fribourg canton said the deadly blaze broke out in the town of Kerzers, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Bern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital killing at least six people and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries,\u201d Papaux said.<\/p>\n<p>Read Full Story<\/p>\n<p>Authorities added that the cause of the fire remains under investigation, though officials have not ruled out the possibility of deliberate action.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"2593\" title=\"\" width=\"3889\" class=\"\" alt=\"SwitzerlandBusFire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26069759799075.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fire investigators examine the charred shell of a postal bus that caught fire in Kerzers, Switzerland. (Photo: Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>Papaux said an unspecified \u201cvoluntary act\u201d could be the cause of the inferno. The vehicle involved was a regional transport bus operated by PostBus, which is affiliated with Switzerland\u2019s national postal service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter rushing to the scene, rescue teams noted that the vehicle was totally engulfed in flames,\u201d the regional government said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said three people with severe injuries were airlifted or transported to nearby hospitals, while two others were treated at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies)<\/p>\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Mar 11, 2026 04:33 IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least six people were killed, and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries after a regional bus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[104,17858,17924,17925,17926,17856,17927,17,17877,17923],"class_list":{"0":"post-29455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bern","8":"tag-bern","9":"tag-kerzers","10":"tag-kerzers-fire","11":"tag-kerzers-postal-bus-fire","12":"tag-postal-bus-fire","13":"tag-swiss-bus-fire","14":"tag-swiss-postal-bus-fire","15":"tag-switzerland","16":"tag-switzerland-bus-fire","17":"tag-switzerland-fire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116208056625087618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29455","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=29455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}