At least six dead in Switzerland bus fire

Fribourg Police/EPA/ShutterstockThe bus was engulfed in flames and gutted in the small Swiss townAt least six people have been killed and others injured after a bus caught fire in a town in western Switzerland, according to police.The incident took place at around 18:25 local time (19:25 GMT) on Tuesday in the centre of Kerzers – known in French as Chiètres – in Fribourg canton, about 20km (12 miles) from the capital, Bern. At least three people were taken to hospital, police said, and there were reports that a rescuer was also hurt. The cause of the fire is not yet known but an investigation is under way into whether it was deliberately started.There have been reports that a person doused themselves in gasoline but the authorities said they could not immediately confirm this. Video posted by local media shows a bus in flames and a local resident described seeing a thick column of smoke.The bus involved had reportedly travelled from the Düdingen municipality, 17km south of Kerzers. Switzerland