STORY: At least six people died in a coach fire on Tuesday in a small town in western Switzerland, prompting the police to launch a criminal investigation.

Fribourg city police said the bus became engulfed in flames on a road in Kerzers, a town in the canton of Fribourg.

“Well, at this point, a deliberate act could be the cause of this tragedy. We really want to know what happened," said the Spokesperson for the Fribourg Canton Police, Frederic Papaux.

Three injured people were taken to hospital, the police added.

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VIDEO SHOWS: POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER ON SITE / POLICE OF FRIBOURG CANTON SPOKESPERSON GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION

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1. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ON SITE PUTTING UP WHITE TARPAULIN AROUND BUS

2. (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FRIBOURG CANTON POLICE, FREDERIC PAPAUX, SAYING:

“Regarding the incident, it occurred around 6:25 PM, a little before 6:30 PM, when calls alerted us to a bus on fire on Anukriten Strasse. At that location, emergency services—police, paramedics, and firefighters—found a bus engulfed in flames. Injured individuals had exited the bus. The firefighters extinguished the blaze in several stages, and we have now determined that there are deceased individuals inside the bus. We will have to wait for my colleagues in the investigation to determine the number and identity of the deceased.”

3. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ON SITE

4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FRIBOURG CANTON POLICE, FREDERIC PAPAUX, SAYING:

“At the moment, we have evidence suggesting a deliberate act by someone who was on the bus. However, the investigation must continue to confirm precisely what happened.”

5. POLICE CAR

6. POLICE OFFICERS ON STREET NEAR SITE

7. FIREFIGHTERS

8. VARIOUS OF FIRE ENGINE

9. POLICE OFFICER

10. (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FRIBOURG CANTON POLICE, FREDERIC PAPAUX, SAYING:

“Well, at this point, a deliberate act could be the cause of this tragedy. We really want to know what happened, and for that reason, we are appealing to the press and, through you, to the public and witnesses of this event.”

11. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE ON SITE

12. (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESPERSON FOR THE FRIBOURG CANTON POLICE, FREDERIC PAPAUX, SAYING:

“So, regarding the question, as you understand, of a terrorist, we cannot put forward any hypothesis in relation to that.”

13. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE ON SITE