Reasons not to leave your teenager alone at home

A teen, left alone at home while his parents were on vacation, blew the roof off the house:

A teenager left at home while his parents were on holiday blew the roof off and caused £35,000 damage after deciding to do some washing, it was reported.

Sean Davey, 18, left a washing basket full of clothes on top of the electric cooker and then accidentally knocked one of the hob rings on before going out, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The heated ring set fire to the clothes, which set alight a nearby bag of shopping.

That caused a can of deodorant to explode with such force that it not only blew out windows but cracked a wall and even, briefly, lifted the roof off the bungalow.