Nashik: A woman and two children were killed while four others sustained injuries when an LPG cylinder exploded at a shanty, gutting adjoining huts in Pimpalgaon Baswant area near Nashik.

The blast occurred last evening in one of the shanties in Pawansut Nagar slum located on Pimpalgaon Baswant- Narayantembhi road, nearly 27 kms from here, Pimpalgaon Baswant police station in-charge V R Desale said.