Bhubaneswar, Nov. 20 -- A tea stall was gutted following a gas cylinder explosion at Totagaon under Khalikote police limits in Odisha's Ganjam in the early hours of Thursday. The blast occurred between 3 am and 4 am when the stall was closed, and no one was present at the site.

As per reports, a gas cylinder kept inside the stall suddenly exploded, triggering a fire that destroyed the entire structure. All items inside the shop were burnt to ashes, and a two-wheeler parked nearby was also gutted.

Fire service personnel faced considerable difficulty in controlling the blaze but eventually managed to extinguish it.

According to reports, the tea stall vendor had last been at the shop on Wednesday night when he closed it at around 8.30 pm....