A man who used petrol to clean colour-stained trousers in his washing machine saw the whole lot blow up, wrecking two walls of his Moscow apartment, police said.
He poured a litre of petrol into the rinse chamber in an attempt to fix the colour-run trousers. When he turned on the machine, the whirring action ignited the petrol and led to a huge explosion.
Other residents of the apartment building escaped with a fright.
The fire brigade said it would give the man a few lessons in how to deal with flammable liquids, Itar Tass news agency said.
From The Sydney Morning Herald