North India Statesman
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Bern/Switzerland, Bureau.A very scary and painful news has come out from the European country Switzerland. Late Tuesday evening, a passenger bus suddenly turned into a ball of fire in the small town of Kerzers in western Switzerland. In this terrible fire, at least 6 people have been burnt alive, while 5 others have been badly burnt. In the horrifying video of the incident going viral on social media, flames several meters high can be clearly seen from the windows of the bus and clouds of black smoke rising into the sky. In the initial investigation of the police, this fire is not considered an accident but a ‘deliberate conspiracy’, due to which there is an atmosphere of panic in the area.
The bus burnt in the middle of the road, did not get a chance to escape
This heart-wrenching incident occurred at around 6:25 pm (local time) on the main road of the town of Kergers, located about 20 kilometers west of Bern, the capital of Switzerland. Sergeant Frederick Papoux of the Friborg cantonal police told the international news agency AFP that six people died on the spot after the bus caught fire. At the same time, the condition of 3 out of 5 burnt people remains very critical. According to eyewitnesses, the fire spread so fast that within a few minutes the entire bus was burnt to ashes and the passengers trapped inside did not even get a chance to get out.
Not an accident, suspicion of terrorist attack or conspiracy!
This painful incident has shocked the whole of Switzerland. Police officials have made it clear that they are not considering this fire as any technical fault or accident. The police are looking at it from the angle of a ‘man-made incident’ and deliberate fire. However, when the police were asked during the press conference about the possibility of a terrorist attack or suicide, they refused to reach any conclusion at the moment. Public prosecutors from Freiburg Police have launched a high-level criminal investigation to get to the bottom of the incident.
Rescue operation continues, bus body covered with white tarpaulin
As soon as information about the accident was received, the fire department, a large number of ambulances and a rescue helicopter immediately reached the spot. The firefighters controlled the fire after a lot of effort, but by then only the skeleton of the bus was left. The police have covered the body of the burnt bus with white tarpaulin and sealed the entire area so that the evidence is not tampered with. Three seriously burnt passengers were airlifted and admitted to the hospital, while two people were discharged after first aid. Police have made a strict appeal to the general public to stay away from the incident site due to rescue and security reasons.
