Law enforcement workforce block off the doorway to the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge close to Niagara Falls. The FBI’s box place of job in Buffalo mentioned in a remark that it was once investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the 2 international locations around the Niagara River. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News by way of AP)
NIAGARA FALLS (AP) — A border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge close to Niagara Falls.
The FBI’s box place of job in Buffalo mentioned in a remark that it was once investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the 2 international locations around the Niagara River.
Photos and video taken via news organizations and posted on social media confirmed a safety sales space that were singed via flames.
Further information wasn’t straight away to be had.
Gov. Kathy Hochul mentioned she were briefed on the incident and was once “closely monitoring the situation.”
The Rainbow Bridge is considered one of 4 border crossings connecting Ontario to western New York.
The others are Lewiston, Whirlpool and Peace Bridge. The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission stories all 4 crossings are closed.