Three people died in the explosion

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Three people died in the explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which occurred today according to preliminary information from Russia’s investigative committee into the incident.

Traffic is suspended on both the railway and road parts of the Crimean Bridge after a freight train caught fire while travelling on the viaduct over the Kerch Strait.

‘A truck coming from the Taman Peninsula exploded on the road part of the Crimean Bridge at 6:07 a.m. (0307 GMT) today, causing seven fuel tanks of a train heading to the Crimean Peninsula to catch fire. Two spans of the road bridge partially collapsed,’ Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to form a government committee to establish the causes of the incident and quickly address its consequences.

The arch over the navigable part of the bridge was not damaged, the committee said. What’s more, navigation across the Kerch Strait was not disrupted by the incident, according to Russia’s Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency