The Baltimore Fire Department is treating a bridge collapse in the city as a multiple-casualty incident as it searches for seven people who have fallen into the Patapsco River. The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, collapsed after a freighter crashed into it this morning. Around 01:30 in the morning (local time, 07:20 Greek time) it became known that a large ship crashed into the 3 km long bridge causing a fire to break out and part of it to collapse. Vehicles have fallen into the water. “I can confirm that at 1:35 a.m. Baltimore City Police were notified of the partial collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge and that workers may be in the water,” said city police spokeswoman Nikki Fenoy. Emergency responders are on the scene and traffic on the bridge is closed, the Maryland Department of Transportation said in X. The bridge is part of the I-95 freeway, […]
Source: News Beast
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