The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case for an alleged “crime” on the Crimean bridge, whicheu unites the occupied Ukrainian peninsula with Russia and which today suffered a major fire and damage due to a explosion in a truck that set fire to seven fuel tanks of a train, according to moscow
“Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee they are establishing all the circumstances of the incident and the people involved in the crime,” the Kremlin-dependent agency wrote on its official Telegram channel.
He indicated that the Main Investigation Department of the Committee “launched a criminal case in connection with the incident on the Crimean bridge” and that, on behalf of the agency’s president, Alexandr Bastrikin, forensic specialists from the Main Directorate of Criminalistics left for the scene.
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The Ministers of Emergency, Alexandr Kurenkov, and Transport, Guennadi SavelievThey are also on their way.
The Instruction Committee indicated, just as the National Anti-Terrorist Agency (NAC), that, according to preliminary information, this morning on the automobile part of the Crimean bridge on the side of the Taman peninsula a truck explodedwhich caused the fire of seven fuel tanks on a train headed for the Crimean peninsula.
As a result, two car sections partially collapsed.
According to the Governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksionov, two sections of the automobile part of the bridge have collapsed, according to the Interfax agency.
“The accident caused the collapse of two sections of the automobile part between Krasnodar and Kerch”, he pointed.
Two locomotives approach the scene of the incident from Taman and Kerch to dismantle the burning train.
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The fire has been extinguished according to the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
“The burning train carrying diesel has been extinguished on the Crimean bridge. There are no active fires right now.” noted in a statement.
A total of 250 people and 70 machines participate in theemergency jobs.
the work for assess the damage to the bridge have already begun, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullín said in turn.
“A government commission will be created as soon as possible by order of the president, Vladimir Putin, in order to investigate the incident and supervise reconstruction work. Efforts are underway to assess the damage and, once done, it will be possible how long it will take to rebuild” the damaged part of the bridge, he said on Telegram.
The traffic on the automobile and railway part of the bridge has been suspended.
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Ferry transport in the Kerch Strait has already been launched, according to the Ministry of transport, and an overland transport corridor from Crimea to other regions of Russia through new territories is being established, said adviser to the governor of the peninsula, Oleg Kryuchkov.
Local authorities claim that there is enough food and non-essential products for 55 days and fuel for at least 15 days on the peninsula, But in order to avoid an “artificial” panic, the sale of goods in grocery stores has been limited to 3 kilograms per person, according to the RIA Nóvosti agency.
