Massive explosion erupts on Crimean Bridge days after US said Ukraine could retake region

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fire to erupt as a road section has completely collapsed into the sea.Russia’s state news agency, RIA Novosti reported that all traffic across the Crimean Bridge was suspended on Saturday morning following the incident. “According to preliminary information, a fuel tank on fire on one of the sections of the Crimean bridge, the shipping arches are not damaged,” reports RIA Novosti. READ MORE: UFO over Russia sparked 'land of the aliens' claims including 3-eyed alien and pink glowOleg Kryuchkov, an advisor to the head of Russia’s government in Crimea, said in a post on Telegram that the fire was caused by an exploded fuel tanker.

He stressed that the bridge’s support arches are reportedly undamaged.However, widespread images on social media showed that a road section of the bridge has completely given way and collapsed into the sea.The TASS agency added that traffic over the Crimean bridge has been stopped by the Russian authorities.The Crimea Bridge is one of Moscow’s biggest infrastructure investments in the occupied peninsula.