Five persons were injured in an explosion caused by gas leak in Pimpri Chinchwad. The explosion was caused by leak of cooking gas from a cylinder in Pimpri Chinchwad area near Pune city early on Wednesday, officials said, reported news agency PTI.

A fire brigade official said that the gas leak in Pimpri Chinchwad occurred around 5.30 am in a room in Bauddh Nagar at Pimpri, where the victims reside, reported PTI.