TASS, October 10. The area of the fire of the freight train cars on the Crimean bridge after the truck bombing was 750 square meters, the emergency services told TASS.
"As it was established, the area of the fire on the Crimean bridge was 750 square meters. Six tanks filled with diesel fuel were burning. The fire could have spread to the remaining 19 train cars, which were all filled with fuel," the source said.
At the moment the railway connection on the bridge is in reverse mode. Passenger cars are crossing the bridge in one lane. Ferry crossings are open: two ferries have transported almost 2,900 people and over 500 trucks. Two motor boats are also being used to transport people.
A truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge on Saturday morning, causing several fuel tanks of a train to catch fire. Three people were killed in the blast. Two spans of the bridge’s roadway to the peninsula collapsed but a lane leading from Crimea to the Krasnodar Region reportedly remained intact. The head of Russia's Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, slammed it as terrorist attack, indicating that Ukrainian special services were behind it.