A gas blast destroyed a bungalow after stolen copper piping caused a leak. Luckily the dwelling was empty and the residents in the house next door somehow escaped injury. The blast blew the roof off during the night-time explosion. Police said of the Cambridgeshire property: "This incident shows how dangerous stealing copper pipes from homes can be. It is only sheer luck that the offender responsible, or the people living nearby, was not killed or seriously injured."