Several dead after PostBus fire in western Switzerland
Six people died in a fire involving a PostBus in Kerzers in canton Fribourg on Tuesday evening. The police currently believe the fire was deliberately started by one person.
Select your language
Generated with artificial intelligence.
Listening:
Several dead after PostBus fire in western Switzerland
+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox
Four passengers and a paramedic were injured, the Fribourg cantonal police said on Tuesday evening.
Three of the injured are in critical condition and one was flown to hospital by helicopter, they said.
The deceased have not yet been identified, said the police, who have set up a hotline for relatives on 0800 261 700.
The bus was travelling from Düdigen to Kerzers. The police have not yet been able to provide any information on the total number of passengers. The fire broke out on the route.
The investigation is ongoing.
Translated from German by AI/jdp
We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. A journalist then reviews the translation for clarity and accuracy before publication.
Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles. The news stories we select have been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team from news agencies such as Bloomberg or Keystone.
If you have any questions about how we work, write to us at english@swissinfo.ch
External Content
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.