According to local outlet Blick<\/a>, three of the five injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, while two others were treated at the scene. <\/p>\nArbi Berisha \u2013 cousin of one of the victims, Faton Morina, 32 \u2013 told Blick he received a frantic call from Faton at around 6.30pm telling him to come to the scene as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n
Faton suffered injuries to his hands, nose, and legs, said Arbi. <\/p>\n
Although he survived the ordeal, Arbi added: \u201cHe is currently very traumatized.\u201d<\/p>\n
Faton then described how the terrifying incident unfolded. <\/p>\n
He said the suspect was sitting directly in front of him on the bus. <\/p>\n
After the man set himself on fire, the vehicle came to a stop and Faton tried to get off but the doors were closed. <\/p>\n
Moments later, he heard a noise behind him and managed to escape through the rear of the bus. <\/p>\n
The Swiss President addressed the shocking incident on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt distresses and saddens me that once again people in Switzerland have lost their lives in a severe fire,\u201d the President said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe circumstances are being investigated. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo the relatives of the deceased from Kerzers, I extend my condolences. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think of the injured and the rescue workers.\u201d<\/p>\n
It remains unclear why so many passengers were unable to escape the burnning bus. <\/p>\n
Police are now investigating video footage from inside the vehicle to ascertain whether the doors prevented others from making it out alive. <\/p>\n
In the meantime, a specialist care team and hotline, as well as a memorial have been set up for those affected by harrowing episode. <\/p>\n
By the time firefighters arrived on the scene the bus was already a burned out wreckCredit: X<\/p>\n
Firefighters install barriers in front of the charred shell of the bus after it caught fireCredit: EPA<\/p>\n
Tributes have poured in for those who were killed in the tragic event\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A \u201cWONDERFUL\u201d DJ was among those killed during a bus fire in Switzerland after a man allegedly doused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1655,72,3246,41,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-30202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-crime","9":"tag-police","10":"tag-radio","11":"tag-swiss","12":"tag-switzerland"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116212696703458740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30202","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=30202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}