BETTIAH, Feb. 27 -- At least eleven people, including two women and two children, were injured - four of them critically - after an LPG cylinder exploded at a busy marketplace in Bihar's West Champaran district on Friday afternoon, police said.

According to police, the incident occurred around 12:15 pm at Hanuman Chowk in Lauriya, a crowded commercial area where roadside vendors regularly operate. The cylinder, placed on a hand-pulled cart, exploded while a vendor was preparing food using a cooking gas cylinder, triggering panic among shoppers and passersby.

"In all, eleven people were injured in the explosion," said Ramesh Sharma, station house officer (SHO) of Lauriya police station.

The injured have been identified as Govind Rai (34...