A bus fire that killed 6 people could have been set deliberately, Swiss police say

Police in Switzerland said they were investigating whether a bus fire that killed at least six people was started deliberately

Police in Switzerland said they were investigating whether a bus fire that killed at least six people was started deliberately.

Police spokesperson Frédéric Papaux of Fribourg canton or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could have caused the fire Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of the capital Bern.

Five people were also injured in the fire, which for locals echoed a New Year’s Eve fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 41 young people.

The main street of the small town of Kerzers, Switzerland where a bus caught fire on March 10.Canton of Fribourg / AFP via Getty ImagesChrista Bielmann, representing the Fribourg police, told Swiss broadcaster SRF: “There is information circulating that a person poured flammable liquid over themselves on the bus and that this caused the fire. But this is part of the ongoing investigation and is being clarified.”

“It shocks and saddens me that once again people have lost their lives in a serious fire in Switzerland,” Swiss President Guy Parmelin wrote on X on Tuesday night. “The circumstances are being investigated. I offer my condolences to the families of those who died in Kerzers. And my thoughts are with the injured and the rescue workers.”