Fatal blast 'caused by gas leak'

An explosion which destroyed three houses and killed a man was probably not started deliberately, police have said.

Detectives investigating the blast in Stanley Road, Harrow, north London, on May 7 think it was caused by a gas leak, Scotland Yard said.

Police had linked the explosion to a substance poured through the letterbox of number 21 but this has now been ruled out as a cause.

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