Four people were injured when an LPG cylinder exploded in a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Wednesday, the police said.

The explosion occurred around 9.10 am at the house of Rakesh Thapa in Reasi town. The injured--Ramesh Kumar (36), Vikrant Mengi (43), Rakesh Singh (33) and Rashpal Singh (45)--had been hospitalised, an officer said.

Fire tenders reached the spot and extinguished the fire in the house, he added.