Teen facing charges after baseball team’s charter bus goes up in flames

A bus goes up in flames at The Forks in Winnipeg on May 21, 2026. (Kyan Sumner)

A teenager is facing charges after a bus chartered by a U.S. baseball team went up in flames in Winnipeg on Thursday morning.

According to police, officers were called to the incident at the Goldeyes Stadium around 1:50 a.m.

The bus and its contents were destroyed.

Police allege a bystander saw someone inside the bus and helped get them out.

When officers got to the scene, they took two teenagers into custody. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service extinguished the blaze, and no one was hurt.

Investigators determined the fire was purposely set. One of the teens – a 15-year-old female – faces charges of arson causing damage to property and possession of incendiary material.

The teen was released on an undertaking and turned over to a responsible adult, police said.

CTV News confirmed the bus was chartered by the Kane County Cougars, a baseball team located in Illinois that was in town to play the Winnipeg Goldeyes.

In a statement, the team’s vice president and general manager Curtis Haug said the Goldeyes helped his team secure another bus that will take the Cougars to Fargo, N.D., for their games this weekend.