Ghaziabad, Feb. 2 -- A massive fire erupted at Bhopra Chowk in Loni early Saturday after a truck carrying over 150 LPG cylinders caught fire, leading to a massive explosion around 4.30am, police said.

It took eight fire tenders about one-and-a-half hours to control the blaze and the cylinder blasts could be heard several kilometres away, officials said.

The fire department said it received an alert about the incident around 4.35am and several fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the raging fire.

"The truck was carrying more than 150 LPG cylinders belonging to an oil firm, and prima facie, we believe the fire started due to a leakage in one of the cylinders and the gas got ignited due to friction. The truck was parked on road...