MOSCOW, August 24 (Itar-Tass) - Two people died in a tank truck accident near Moscow, the Emergencies Ministry's Moscow regional department told Itar-Tass.

The gasoline-carrying vehicle collided with two trucks and caught fire. The accident occurred at the 34th km of Dmitrovskoye Highway in the Moscow Region.

Nine crews of fire engines fought the blaze.

The fire on the vehicle and the spilt gasoline is extinguished.

Two people, a man and a woman, died.

Traffic on the road was blocked because of the accident.