This morning, a truck exploded on the Crimean bridge. As a result of the explosion, a fire broke out in the train fuel tanks. Traffic on the bridge is limited, a ferry crossing is being prepared.
At 06:05 "the equipment showed false unavailability on the railway tracks on the railway part of the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait", several fuel tanks caught fire at the tail of the freight train. The locomotive with part of the carriages was brought to the Kerch station, the press service of the Crimean Railway informs.
The explosion of a truck on the bridge led to the ignition of the tanks, the information centre of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee specifies.
As a result of the emergency, two spans of the automobile part of the Crimean bridge collapsed, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov said. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties.
Traffic on the automobile and railway parts of the Crimean bridge is limited, it is planned to launch a ferry crossing. Shipping in the Kerch Strait is not blocked.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to create a government commission in connection with the emergency on the Crimean bridge.
