Comedian Bert Kreischer’s Tour Bus Burns Down Near Rothsay

Bert Kreischer’s tour bus burned down on I-94 near mile marker 30. (Kreischer’s Instagram)

Prairie View Township, MN (KVRR/KBRF) – Stand-up comic Bert Kreischer’s bus burned down along the interstate between Barnesville and Rothsay Sunday morning after breaking down the night before.

In an Instagram post, Kreischer revealed that his tour bus blew a tire along the interstate after leaving his concert stop in Fargo on Saturday night.

Kreischer says they were then trying to figure out if they should get a hotel and wait it out until the tire was fixed so they could continue on to the next tour stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Sunday night. He said they eventually decided to leave the bus and split into their other two crew buses while the tire was fixed.

After the bus was fixed in the morning and was still in Minnesota, the driver heard a pop coming from the roof and it started filling with smoke. He was the only person onboard and was able to get off the bus safely before it all went up in flames.

Kreischer posted on Instagram, “We are all safe but my bus is gone – God works in mysterious ways.”

Kreischer lost many belongings in the fire including his wardrobe.

In 2022 while on tour in North Dakota, his bus got stuck in snow during a blizzard in Bismarck.