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Multiple people have been killed and several others injured after horror blaze broke out inside a bus. Six people have died and at least five are injured following the tragedy in Kerzers, Fribourg, Switzerland, on Tuesday evening (March 10) local police confirmed.

Officers have launched an investigation into the incident following reports that a man had set himself on fire. Authorities in the Fribourg canton, or region, said in a statement that an unspecified ‘voluntary act could be the cause’ of the fire.

“After rushing to the scene, rescue teams noted that the vehicle was totally engulfed in flames,” the regional government said in a statement.

 

Ambulance and helicopter teams ferried three injured people to hospitals, while two others were treated on site. A spokesperson for the Freiburg police said a scene will be in place “throughout the night” as the investigation continues, the Mirror reported.

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Officers have launched an investigation into the incident

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Officers said the fire may have been sparked by an ‘arsonist act’ and explained they had received information that a person had doused themselves with gasoline.

The bus was travelling a route from Düdingen to Kerzers when the fire erupted just before the final stop. Nine ambulances and an air ambulance were deployed to the scene, where fire engines were also seen parked beside a sealed off area.