"Vehicle explodes on 'The Rainbow Bridge' connecting fresh York and Canada, border crossings halted"

There was no immediate information about the origin of the explosion, but this raised concerns on both sides of the border.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said officials "they take it very seriously"And the White home said president Joe Biden "carefully follows developments".

Two dead people were in the vehicle - said the agency Associated Press typical of law enforcement.

The authoritative was not authorized to discuss the details of the investigation publically and spoke on condition that he remained anonymous.

"This is evidently a very serious situation in Niagara Falls" – said Trudeau in Parliament, after which he spoke out of the period of questions in the home of Commons.

The FBI field office in Buffalo, along with another agencies, was investigating the explosion.

fresh York politician Kathy Hochul traveled to Buffalo from the state capital, Albany.

The detonation took place on the American side of the Rainbow Bridge, which connects both countries across the Niagara River.

Photos and films taken by outsiders and published on social media showed dense smoke, flames on the pavement and a safety booth that was burned.

Films showed that the fire broke out in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection zone, east of the main vehicle control post.

The agency did not comment immediately.

In conversation with WGRZ-TV Witness Mike Guenther said he saw a vehicle rushing towards the U.S. side crossing erstwhile he turned to bypass another car, hit the barrier and exploded.

"Suddenly it went up into the air, and then it was a fireball of 30 or 40 feet tall" said Guenther station. I've never seen anything like it.

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission called the incident "a serious car accident".

The bridge and 3 others between western fresh York and Ontario were rapidly closed as a precaution, and Buffalo-Niagara global Airport began screening all cars and told passengers to anticipate additional checks.

Trudeau said that considered and launched are "additional measures" at border crossing points across Canada.

And in Toronto, about 100 miles (about 160 kilometres) away, the police said it increased the number of patrols as a precaution.

From inside Niagara Falls State Park, Melissa Raffalow said she saw "a giant black smoke plump" floating above the border crossing, about 50 yards (45 m) from the popular tourist destination. Raffalow told the AP in a communication that the police arrived shortly after, calling on visitors to disperse as they began to environment the street cordoned around.

Raghu Bhattarai said on the telephone that he was in his restaurant, Niagara Tandoori Hut, close the bridge erstwhile he heard the sound he described as "boom".

A fewer minutes later, he saw black smoke floating.

The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission reported that all 4 crossings—the others were Lewiston, Whirlpool and Peace Bridge—were closed.

Every day around 6000 vehicles pass through the Rainbow Bridge, according to the National Bridge Inventory of the American national road Administration.

According to national records, about 5% is truck traffic.

The bridge, built in 1941, is somewhat over 1440 feet (439 metres) long and the main bay built of steel.

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Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo, wrote from fresh York.

Translated by Google Translator

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