A makeshift vehicle used for selling fast food gutted in a fire triggered by a cooking gas cylinder explosion near Airoli railway station in Thane on Tuesday night, an official said, adding that nobody was injured, reported news agency PTI.

The explosion occurred around 8:30 PM, reducing the vehicle to a charred shell within moments.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang, followed by flames engulfing the vehicle. The intensity of the blast was such that the gas cylinder was blown apart, with its fragments scattered across the area.