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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 injured, including three seriously, in a bus fire suspected to be deliberate, authorities said, with investigations ongoing.
- 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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1st LD: At least 6 dead in postal bus fire in Switzerland
GENEVA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed and five others injured after a fire broke out on a postal bus on Tuesday evening in Kerzers, in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland, cantonal police said at a press conference.
Fire Engulfs Bus in Switzerland, Killing 6 People and Severely Injuring 3 Others
GENEVA—A bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital killing at least six people and severely injuring three others, police said Tuesday. Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Bern, the capital. The regional transport bus is operated by PostBus, which is affiliated with…
At least six dead in bus fire in Switzerland
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Six dead, five injured after bus bursts into flames in Switzerland, police suspect deliberate act
KERZERS, March 11 — A bus caught fire in western Switzerland yesterday, killing at least six people and injuring five others in what police said may have been a deliberate act.The fire broke out on the bus in the main street of the small town of Kerzers, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the Swiss capital Bern, at about 6.25pm. Videos circulating on social media showed flames several metres high bursting out from the windows, and black smo…
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