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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Tour bus for comedian Bert Kreischer goes up in flames in Minnesota during his tour

Comedian Bert Kreischer's tour bus was destroyed after catching fire in Minnesota.

The vehicle burned on Sunday near Interstate 94 in Prairie View Township, which is approximately 30 miles east of Fargo, North Dakota. The only occupant on the tour bus at the time of the fire was the driver, and they did not suffer any injuries.

Investigators are still examining the bus to determine what caused the fire.

Kreischer posted a photo of his torched bus on his Instagram account.

"We are all safe but my bus is gone — God works in mysterious ways," he wrote.

Comedian Bert Kreischer's tour bus burned down on Sunday, March 15, just hours after it blew a tire on the road from Minnesota to Fargo, according to the comedian. No one was injured in the fire (X/@bertkreischer)

Tom Segura, another comedian who — like Kreischer — floats around Joe Rogan's comedy community commented on the post.

"That would have been so crazy to die like that!" he wrote.

While his bus catching fire was the worst of his transportation problems, it wasn't his only one on the trip to Fargo.

On Sunday, Kreischer posted a video to his Instagram in which he is bundled up and standing out in the cold next to his tour bus. It appears to be the middle of the night.

He asks someone off camera where they are, and they tell him they're between somewhere in Minnesota and Fargo.

"Fargo. you f*** me every time," Kreischer says upon learning they're headed to the North Dakotan city. "Every f***ing time."

He explains that his bus's tire blew out on the road between gigs. Kreischer then walks the camera around to show the destroyed tire.

"It was pretty scary, but we made it," he said.

Kreischer was on his way to Fargo, North Dakota (Getty Images for Netflix)

He explained that the tire blew off the wheel rim, leaving his group stranded on the side of the road in the dark, which he noted "isn't the best place to be in a f***ing snow storm."

The comedian then wanders into the highway, which is completely covered in snow, trying to capture an image of a semi driving past, which he notes is likely not a safe thing to do.

The group was forced to wait for a tire delivery before they could get back on the road.

Rob Greenwald, Kreischer’s representative, told TMZ that the bus caught fire while the driver was sitting in the vehicle waiting for the replacement.

He said that on Sunday morning around 11 a.m., the driver heard a loud popping sound from the roof, after which the vehicle began filling with smoke. The driver fled the bus shortly before it was consumed by flames.

Greenwald told TMZ the group on the bus felt very lucky that the fire happened when it did, as they typically sleep in the back and could have been caught in the flames if it had happened while they were resting.

Kreischer is currently engaged in his "Permission to Party" comedy tour. He had a show in Rochester, Minnesota on Saturday.

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