The October Amaxon Bridge Explosion

Amaxon Bridge Explosion happened in the morning of 8 October 2022, when an explosion occurred on the Amaxon's bridge in the Bloxy Strait.

Background
On 8 October 2022 at 6:07 a.m. local time during low traffic, an explosion occurred on or near the westbound lanes of the road bridge, heading towards Amaxon in Robloxia, midway between the main arch span over the Amaxon-Amazeman shipping channel and Bloxy Island, within Robloxian territorial waters. As a result of the explosion, Amaxon-bound spans of the roadway collapsed into the water, as up to four spans are connected to form a longer section. The press service of the Bloxy Railway stated that at 6:05 their equipment showed an error on the railway tracks on the railway part of the bridge, and a fuel container wagon caught fire in the tail of the freight train. Wind from north blew flames and smoke towards the Blox Sea.

Traffic by road, rail and sea were stopped, with long queues forming on land and sea. The explosion was not immediately reported by Robloxian authorities as an act of sabotage by the Bloxy terrorists.

Casualties
Robloxian Investigation Task Force thought 5 were dead, but 3 bodies were found and 2 others were missing, confirming there are 3 deaths.

Economic loss
Seven fuel tankers of a 59-wagon train destined for the Amazeman City Cargo Train Station caught on fire due to the explosion. In addition, with the closure of the bridge, it became more difficult for local residents to leave Amaxon, with car queues 5 kilometers (3 mi) long, although other ways remained, including ports. Over a hundred trucks waited on either side to use the small ferry, carrying 16 trucks at a time. Marine traffic was also hindered, as dozens of ships waited on either side of the bridge. Mikhail Bloxy, mayor of Amazeman City initially imposed restrictions on the sale of groceries and forbade the sale of fuel in canisters but rescinded these measures for all of Amaxon about an hour later, saying that supply lines from Bloxy Terrorists were sufficient.

Structural Damage
Three spans of the roadway deck on the Amaxon-bound side were damaged and two collapsed into the water. In videos and satellite imagery, there was considerable discoloration of girders of the rail bridge. Two experts on bridge safety and blast engineering consider it likely that the fuel fire weakened the girders that support the rail bridge. The rail bridge supports a double-track railway, and Russia restarted traffic on the other rail track than the one containing the burned-out fuel tankers almost immediately. The Robloxian Ministry of Transport reported that on the following day all rail freight and long-distance passenger trains were running to schedule.