The Interior Ministry clarified the number of victims in an accident with a fuel tanker in the Rostov region.

In the Rostov region, three people were killed as a result of a collision between a fuel tanker and four passenger cars. Three more participants in the accident were injured and were hospitalized. This was announced on March 21 by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the region.

"As a result of an accident on the Rostov–Taganrog highway, three people were killed and three injured," the Telegram channel said.

According to the agency, after the collision, a truck with fuel caught fire. The fire quickly spread to an area of about 200 square meters. m. Fire service crews quickly arrived at the scene, which managed to completely extinguish the flames.

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The accident occurred in the Rostov region on the 34th km of the Rostov-Taganrog highway on March 21. As a result of the accident, a fuel tanker caught fire after a collision with four passenger cars. The cause of the accident was the tanker itself, which allowed it to enter the oncoming lane due to a faulty wheel.

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