Srinagar: Four people were killed on Tuesday when a cooking gas cylinder (LPG) exploded in a community kitchen in Kashmir's Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra, police said.

A cooking gas cylinder exploded accidentally in Shiv Shakti langar in Baltal base camp, police said. "The explosion resulted in death of four relatives of sewadars (volunteers) at the langar," a police officer told IANS here. Langars are the free community kitchens set up by various religious organisations to serve food to all the visitors for free.