the carriage bridge. it s 11 miles, 19 kilometers long, connecting crimea to occupy occupied crimea to russia. part of the bridge carries road traffic, part of the bridge carries rail traffic. and subsequent photos show that there are several train cars that appear to be burning on, fire, as well. and a local official in crimea, a russian appointed official in crimea, says that two road spans of the bridge have been dislodged. in one photo you can see one of them partially submerged. so now the challenge for the russians is to actually move that burning train out of the way. they say they re sending two locomotives to try to pull it apart to try to clear the parts of of that train that are not actually burned out. according to russian state media, as well, russian president vladimir putin has ordered a government commission to examine the what he calls the bridge emergency, though it s not exactly what that would
going at the moment. we are working in consultation, as i say, with the coroner. in that regard, we ve put family liaison officers in place for the families of the deceased. we re also working with the hse in terms of the local community as well, in terms of offering, if you like, psychological safety to the families and the wider community in that regard. the only road bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula has collapsed, following an explosion. the russian authorities say they ve partially re opened the bridge to road and rail traffic. the kerch bridge is an important supply route for russian forces fighting in southern ukraine. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. the images are dramatic and they are worrying for moscow. this is the bridge the kremlin built, linking russia to annexed crimea. it was supposed to have been heavily protected. an explosion at dawn sparked a major fire and serious damage.
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