Hingoli (Maharashtra): Four persons were killed in an explosion at a welding shop at Hatta village in Vasmat tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra on Friday, police said.

The incident took place at about 10 am at Janata Garage on Parbahni road when the owner of the garage/welding shop Pathan Gulab Khan (65), his son Pathan Rahim Gulab (35) and grandson Ajim Rahim (9) were cutting gas tank of a refrigerator.