Bert Kreischer counted his blessings after narrowly avoiding crisis.
The comedian was thankful Sunday that he was safe after his bus caught fire the night before while on tour in the Midwest.
Kreischer, 53, confirmed that his team was safe despite the fire and said on social media that “God works in mysterious ways.”
“Okay, here’s what you need to know about the bus,” Kreischer told fans Monday while sharing a merry-go-round of images of the burned-out bus.
About an hour after departing from the tour’s base in Fargo, North Dakota, the front right tire went flat and “completely separated” from the rim.
“Two bus drivers said they had never seen anything like this in 35 years,” he said. “We waited several hours, then abandoned the bus and boarded a crew bus into Cedar Rapids. That morning, our bus caught fire on the road.”
Kreischer, who appeared on the new season of the Netflix series “Free Bart” on Monday, shared images of the charred bus with his followers on Instagram.
“Everyone is safe. Dewey, the bus driver, left on time,” Kreischer elaborated. “He said there was literally a fire and 15 seconds later the front passenger compartment was on fire.
“Here’s a good thing you should know: If we had slept on that bus, we would all be stuck in the back and we would have died today. We would have died yesterday and we would have died the day before.”
“So it was a blessing to have a flat tire. It was a blessing. So no matter how frustrating you are today, know that everything is a blessing. God works in mysterious ways.”
None of the passengers were hurt, but Kreischer and his crew lost everything on the bus and had to buy new clothes.
