KRASNODAR, March 21. /TASS/. Three people died and four were injured when a fuel tanker collided with four passenger cars on the R-280 highway in the Rostov region's Neklinovsky district, the regional Emergencies Ministry press service reported.

The tanker caught fire over an area of 200 square meters. Reverse traffic has been organized. Forty-five people and 16 equipment units responded, including 16 emergencies ministry personnel and five units.