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Several dead after postal bus bursts into flames west of Swiss capital, authorities say
At least six people died and five were injured in a postal bus fire in Kerzers amid a suspected deliberate act, authorities said.
- On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, a postal bus in Kerzers, Fribourg, erupted in flames, killing at least six people and injuring five, local police confirmed.
- Authorities are probing whether the fire was deliberately started after reports that a man reported to have doused himself with gasoline set himself alight aboard the bus.
- Nine ambulances and an air ambulance were deployed, with rescue teams finding the bus a charred wreck and flames several metres high visible for miles.
- Police asked residents to avoid the area and follow emergency instructions, with Fribourg police arranging a press conference Tuesday evening while treating the blaze as potentially man-made.
- The local community has been left reeling and bystanders shared distraught reactions online, while police have not yet disclosed victims' identities and have not ruled out a terror act.
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After a bus fire with at least six deaths in Switzerland, the police assume intentional action.
A bus was set on fire in Kerzers, Switzerland, causing the death of at least six people and several injuries. The police preferred the trail of a voluntary act. An investigation was under way to clarify the...
In Switzerland, a bus burns out. Six people are dead, several seriously injured. The police assume a deliberate act, but do not see any evidence of a terrorist act.
Six dead in bus fire that may have been deliberate, police say
Emergency personnel work at the site of a deadly bus fire in Kerzers, Switzerland., Photo: Reuters At least six people died and three others were injured in a bus fire today in a small town in western Switzerland, in what police said may have been a deliberate act following reports that a person on board set fire to themselves.
Meter-high flames, smoke to the sky: In Switzerland, in the event of an accident with a regular bus, there were dead and injured. The police cannot yet provide information on the identity of the victims - but considers a deliberate act to be possible.
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