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Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to create a government commission in connection with the emergency on the Crimean Bridge, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday, October 8. "In connection with the emergency on the Crimean Bridge, Vladimir Putin received reports from Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov and Transport Ministry Gennady Savelyev, as well as from the heads of law enforcement agencies, — Peskov said. — The President instructed the Prime Minister to form a government commission to find out the reasons behind the incident and to eliminate the consequences as soon as possible. Earlier on Saturday, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said that a truck exploded on the Crimean Bridge early in the morning, causing seven fuel tanks of the train to catch fire. Two automobile spans of the bridge partially collapsed. The arch over the land part of the bridge was not damaged, the NAC said. According to preliminary information from the regional authorities, no one was hurt as a result of the incident.
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