Explosion on the Crimean bridge

On Saturday, October 8, an explosion occurred on the Crimean bridge. The composition with fuel tanks caught fire, two spans of the automobile bridge collapsed into the water. The Investigative Committee has already opened the case, but does not specify by what article. According to the SK, three people were killed.

"Paper" collected what was known about the explosion.

🟢 In the morning, it became known that tanks from the railway line lit up on the Crimean bridge. Video and photo were published by BAZA. The movement through the Kerch Strait stopped , writes Interfax.

“At 6:05, the equipment showed false employment on the railway on the railway part of the transport passage through the Kerch Strait,” RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Crimean Railways.

🟢 Direct on the Crimean bridge was closed, the authorities are preparing to launch a ferry crossing. This was reported by TASS with reference to the acting Minister of Transport of the region Nikolai Lukashenko. The Ministry of Transport notes that the ferry crossing has already resumed work, RIA Novosti reports .

🟢 Advisor to the head of Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov said that no one was injured in the accident, writes RIA Novosti. According to preliminary data from the UK, as a result of the incident, three people died. These are, presumably, passengers of a passenger car located next to the undermined truck.

🟢 According to the National Anti -Terrorism Committee, a cargo machine took place on the Crimean bridge, which led to the fire of the seven fuel tanks of the train and to a partial collapse of two automobile spans. This was reported to the committee "RBC".

🟢 The head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, writes in his telegram channel that during the explosion two flights of roads that come from Krasnodar to Kerch collapsed. At the same time, tanks with fuel lit up.

🟢 Vladimir Putin instructed to create a government commission to find out the causes of the explosion on the Crimean bridge, Interfax reports with reference to the press secretary of President Dmitry Peskov.

🟢 The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case “in connection with the incident” on the Crimean bridge. This was reported in the telegram channel of the department. The department does not specify what kind of article the case is initiated by.

“According to preliminary information, this morning on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge, a truck that entailed the fire of the seven fuel tanks of the railway, which followed in the direction of the Crimean peninsula, took place on the automobile part of the Taman Peninsula. As a result, two automobile flights partially collapsed, ”writes SK.

🟢 The fire on the Crimean bridge was extinguished, writes Interfax with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Emergencies. “The railway fire with diesel fuel on the Crimean bridge is extinguished, at the moment open burning is not observed,” the report said. In total, the fire after the explosion was extinguished by 250 people and 70 pieces of equipment.

🟢 The Investigative Committee called the owner of the exploding truck of a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, his attendance is held at his house.

🟢 The Ministry of Transport promised by 20:00 to restore traffic on the railway part of the Crimean bridge.

🟢 " Interfax " and TASS with reference to and. O. The Minister of Transport Nikolai Lukashenko reported that the Strait cannot be launched through the Kerch Strait due to bad weather.