US EditionSix Dead in 'Deliberate' Bus Fire in Switzerland
Authorities suspect a 65-year-old Swiss man deliberately set fire to a PostBus, killing six and injuring five; police continue criminal investigations into the motives.
- On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, a PostBus caught fire at about 6:25pm in Kerzers, Fribourg canton, leaving six dead and five injured, three seriously.
- Local videos and witnesses reported a man poured gasoline on himself and set himself alight inside the bus, while Fribourg cantonal police treat the fire as a man-made, possibly deliberate act.
- After rushing to the scene, rescue teams found the burned-out yellow PostBus totally engulfed in flames, and ambulance and helicopter teams ferried three injured people to hospitals while two others were treated on site.
- The public prosecutor opened a criminal investigation and police appealed for witnesses as inquiries continue, while authorities set up hotline 0800 261 700 and said victim identification could take days.
- Swiss President Guy Parmelin expressed shock and condolences, noting investigations as this follows January's Crans-Montana fire that killed 41 and injured 116.
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A horrific incident shocked the residents of the Swiss town of Kerzers, located about twenty kilometers from Bern, and pedestrians on the main street at around 18:25 on Tuesday: an intercity bus unexpectedly caught fire in the middle of the main street, with flames several meters high, and then burned completely in a matter of moments. The fire left six dead and five injured. As it soon turned out, a Swiss man in his sixties, who seemed confused…
Kerzers, Switzerland. The fire on a bus in Switzerland that caused the death of six people seems to have been provoked by a “disturbed” man who set himself on fire, a cantonal prosecutor declared on Wednesday. “A witness’s statement indicates that a man (...) of Swiss origin got on the bus carrying bags. At one point, he sprayed himself with a flammable substance and set himself on fire,” Prosecutor Raphael Bourquin explained at a press conferen…
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