PESHAWAR: Four persons were killed and two others injured when a gas cylinder exploded at CNG station on Ring Road in the limits of Chamkani police station here on Monday.

Police said the gas cylinder exploded at CNG station apparently due to high pressure and resultantly, four persons in a car were killed on the spot.

The injured include the salesman and manager of the CNG station.

The identity of victims could not be immediately ascertained.