Milan rocked by huge explosion as several cars go up in flames after van ‘bursts into flames’

Four people are believed to have been injured. According to Italian media, a truck carrying oxygen tanks was parked up on a street corner when it exploded, setting alight several vehicles nearby.

Local police said that a van had caught fire.

Footage from Milan’s Porta Romana neighbourhood shows plumes of smoke billowing into the sky with firefighters on the scene.

A nearby nursery and nursing home were evacuated as smoke billowed through the area.

Milan's mayor said the blast was not due to terrorism or any criminal action.