DHADING: Four houses were destroyed in a gas cylinder explosion at Bhaduwar in Nilkantha Municipality-12 in  the district on Friday morning.

The gas cylinder went off when the family members were preparing tea.  The houses belonging to Chayngba Tamang and Damai Tamang were completely damaged in the explosion, informed Raj Kumar Bhandari, who was involved in the rescue operation.

According to DSP Rupak Khadka of District Police Office, Dhading, elderly people were staying in the house and the gas cylinder exploded due to leakage.