Man blows himself up with vodka

A British man was left dazed, wandering the streets in his singed underwear after blowing himself up brewing home-made vodka.

vodka_1009_b_getty_1025836507 — Vodka. (File: Getty)

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Published 10 September 2011 12:26pm

Updated 25 February 2015 7:01pm

Source: AAP

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The Daily Express says ten neighbouring dwellings had to be evacuated after 43-year-old Laurence Toms had a tinker with his distillation equipment, sparking an explosion that blew out the windows and damaged the roof of his home in southern Wales.

Neighbours say TOMS, an inventor, had been making vodka after downloading a recipe from the Internet.

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