The explosion of a fuel truck at the base of a bridge over the Panama Canal has left one person dead and prompted Panamanian authorities to close the span while firefighters investigate the accident a...

Panama's Bridge of the Americas was temporarily closed on Monday (April 6) after a tanker truck caught fire beneath the structure in the La Boca sector, authorities said.

More than 70 firefighters and 45 emergency vehicles rushed to the scene to battle the blaze.