Seven people were injured, four seriously, in an explosion that took place in a pastry shop in Mishref Cooperative Society on Tuesday, the fire department said. Firefighters rushed to the pastry shop, located in Branch II of the Society, located in Block Four in Mishref Area, at 8:20 p.m. local time (1720 GMT), Kuwait Fire Service Directorate's (KFSD) said in a statement.

Initial investigations showed that the blast which took place at a pastry shop in Mishref Cooperative Society earlier Tuesday was owing to LPG gas leakage, Kuwait Fire Services Directorate said.

Three of the injured received intensive care while the remaining four suffer from simple wounds, it said in a press statement. The pastry shop was partially damaged in the incident, it pointed out.