RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Six people were killed and at least 10 others sustained severe injuries when a truck carrying firecrackers exploded on the premises of a flour mills in Ganjmandi here on Saturday, the police said.

A truck (LSA-4199) laden with wheat bags, firecrackers and other goods was being unloaded in the godown of the Al-Qamar flour mills, when it burst into flames at around 9:35am, a witness said.