9-Kilometer Traffic Jam on M-4 Due to Burning Truck

A major 9-kilometer traffic jam has formed on the federal highway M-4 'Don' near Kamensk-Shakhtinsky. The cause was a fire in a truck.
Feb 16, 2026
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Traffic has completely stopped on this section of the road

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On the evening of January 26, a nine-kilometer traffic jam formed on a section of the federal highway M-4 «Don» in the area of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, stretching towards Rostov-on-Don after a cargo vehicle caught fire.
In the driver«s chat »M-4 Don Highway,« a message from eyewitnesses appeared: »Above Kalinovskaya Balka, a truck is burning, it has already been extinguished. But all traffic has stopped. It«s completely dead for now.»
Traffic was paralyzed on the stretch from the hamlet of Kalinovka to the road patrol service post located at the 945th kilometer of the highway.
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