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Naughty puppy Zeus bit off more than he could chew when he sank his teeth into a can of deodorant ... and BLEW UP the house.

The loveable rogue pierced the tin as he rolled it around the floor but soon got bored and left it next to the gas fire.

It exploded minutes later when the back boiler came on, shattering the double-glazed windows in the living room, blowing out the floorboards and setting fire to the settee.

The total cost of the damage is thought to be around £2,000.

The first owner Kerry Leech, 20, and partner Mathew Heckler, 22, knew about the drama was when they received a text saying their home had blown up.

They returned to find two fire engines with blue lights flashing and and two teams of firefighters trying to deal with the flames.

Kerry said: “We were out in the car when we received texts saying our house had been blown up, then we were told the living room window had blown out.

“I was panicking about our pets and rushed back. We saw flashing lights, two fire engines were outside the house and the street was blocked off.

“We thought someone had put something through the letter-box or there had been a gas explosion.”

Luckily Zeus, a six-month-old whippet cross, Sonic, a two-year-old whippet, and Vinnie, a 15-month-old greyhound cross escaped the blast along with the couple’s three cats from the home in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire.

Added Kerry: “Zeus is not in the doghouse for what he had done. He’s just a pup and at the moment he’ll chew anything.”

Firefighters told her the most likely cause of the explosion was leaking gas from the can of Lynx deodorant - a Christmas present to Mathew from Kerry’s parents - that the puppy had been playing with.

It ignited when the back boiler came on to for the central heating.

Mathew said: “The explosion completely smashed out our bay window, cracked the fireplace, destroyed the floorboards and the sofa is completely ruined. We have had to buy a new one.”