Massive explosion on Crimea's Kerch bridge, Russian state media reports
By Hannah RitchieUpdated: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 05:50:46 GMTSource: CNNA fuel tank exploded on Crimea's Kerch bridge early Saturday morning, according to Russian state media RIA and social media foota
By Hannah RitchieUpdated: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 05:50:46 GMT
Source: CNN
A fuel tank exploded on Crimea's Kerch bridge early Saturday morning, according to Russian state media RIA and social media footage.
The source of the explosion remains unclear.
The tanker was located on the 19-kilometer (11 mile) long Kerch bridge -- the longest in Europe and strategically important because it links Russia's Krasnodar region with the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.
Work is "underway to extinguish the fire," the adviser to the Russian administration head of occupied Crimea, Oleg Kryunchkov, said in a Telegram post, adding that the bridge's "shipping arches were not damaged."
The Kerch bridge is a road and rail link able to handle 40,000 cars a day and to move 14 million passengers and 13 million tons of cargo per year, state news agency RIA Novosti reported when the bridge opened in 2018.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
