WASHINGTON, October 9. /TASS/. The US Department of Defense is aware of the incident at the Crimea Bridge but do not comment on it so far.

"We’ve seen the reports of the explosion at the bridge but have nothing further to add on that situation at this time," Department of Defense Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Garron Garn told TASS.

The White House and the US Department of State have not yet responded to the TASS request for comments.

On Saturday morning, a truck exploded on the Crimea Bridge, collapsing two eastbound sections of its road section and subsequently setting ablaze a train of fuel tanks on a separate, adjacent rail portion of the bridge. As a result of the blast, three people were killed. A government commission chaired by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin was set up after the incident. Rail traffic has been restored on the bridge, which was also partly reopened for buses and automobiles.