4 dead, 5 injured in gas cylinder explosion in Cambodian capital

People are seen watching firefighters tackling the blaze after an explosion at a shop selling gas in Sangkat Boeng Reang, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, on July 18, 2020. - The Phnom Penh Post/Asian News Network

PHNOM PENH, July 19 (Xinhua): Four people were killed and five others wounded in a gas cylinder explosion in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, on Saturday (July 18) afternoon, a firefighting police chief said on Sunday.

The accident happened at a gas vending house at St. 63 in Daun Penh district when sparks from a worker welding bars fell on an apparently leaked gas container, Phnom Penh Municipal Firefighting Police Chief Prum Yot said.