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Comedian Bert Kreischer recently had a close brush with disaster and is counting his lucky stars.
While touring in the Midwest, Kreischer’s bus went up in flames on the previous night, but he expressed gratitude on Sunday for emerging unscathed from the incident.
Despite the fiery ordeal, the 53-year-old comedian assured fans that his team was unharmed, remarking on social media that “God works in mysterious ways.”
“Here’s the full scoop on the bus situation,” Kreischer shared with his followers on Monday, as he posted a series of photos showing the charred wreckage.
Just an hour after leaving Fargo, North Dakota, where he had performed, the bus suffered a blowout when the front right tire was completely torn off its rim.
“Both bus drivers said they’d never seen anything like it in their 35 years,” he said. “We waited for a couple of hours, and then we ditched the bus and got on the crew buses and drove into Cedar Rapids. That morning, our bus caught on fire on the road.”
Kreischer, who’s “Free Bert” Netflix series was picked up for another season Monday, shared images of the charred bus with his followers on Instagram.
“Everyone is fine. The bus driver, Dewy, he got out in time,” Kreischer detailed. “He said literally the fire started and in 15 seconds, the front cabin was in flames.
“Here’s the good thing to know – had we slept on that bus, we all would have been trapped in the back and be dead today. Yesterday, we would have been dead yesterday.”
He added, “So, it was a blessing that we had a blow out. It was a blessing. So today, as frustrated as you may get, realize everything is a blessing. God works in mysterious ways.”
While no one was hurt on board, Kreischer and his crew had to buy new clothes after losing everything on the bus.