This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Volgograd region.

It is clarified that two cars burned down completely, two were damaged.

During the inspection of the scene, the body of a child was found in the Škoda car, the 52-year-old owner of the car was hospitalized.

During the inspection, two acetylene cylinders were found in the car.

According to preliminary information, a gas leak could have caused the fire.

Earlier it became known that one person died and ten were injured, including three children, as a result of a collision between a fixed-route taxi and a fire truck in Astrakhan.