Murder probe after body found in blast house

DETECTIVES were investigating yesterday whether a man found dead after a massive explosion ripped through four homes in London was murdered.

Officers believe the blast may have been sparked deliberately, leaving two other people suffering serious injuries.

Shocked neighbours spoke of how they dug through smoking rubble with their bare hands after a huge bang shook their homes. The explosion demolished three terraced properties in Stanley Road, south Harrow, north-west London at about 9.30pm on Wednesday.