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And then it's flicked back, down the street. >> copper wire theft is a massive problem worldwide. in the uk alone, nearly 1 billion dollars worth of copper wire is stolen every year from basements and rooftops and sold for profit. in this case, the way the thief cut the cable causes can the gas leak. the gas then mixes with air. and the result is an explosive combination that blows the roof right off the house. a back draft. and a caught on camera moment chris clark will never forget. >> it's certainly not a normal incident. there are a number of factors that suggests there's something unusual...

Explodes. clark's investigation reveals the explosion is caused by a back draft. >> so within a split second, the door slammed, and the window on the second floor has started to blow out of its frame. glass and debris is flying across the street followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark's work begins. he discovers that the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise, copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties at the time of the fire is electricity was supplied to the houses by overhead copper ca...

Blows firefighters to the ground. >> i remember hearing another one of our battalion chiefs that was near me calling for ambulances. i thought, oh, boy, this is not good. >> officials believe the massive explosion is caused by a back draft that ignited the volatile magnesium dust. >> the degree of smoke, the color of it, the way it was puffing out of the building, it had all the right looks and the right recipe for that to just instantaneously blow. >> cameraman matt armitage is shooting the explosion for indiana's news channel. >> all of a sudden smoke started pouring out of the building all ...

The second floor has started to blow out of its frame. glass and debris is flying across the street. followed by a big flame. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark's work begins. he discovers that the back draft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise, copper wire theft. >> what we do know about these properties at the time of the fire is electricity was supplied to the houses by overhead copper cables. they were mounted on wooden poles. what we believe has happened is somebody stood on the top of this outbuilding here with a pair of big wi...

Be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigator's point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires that are being dealt with. and then within a few minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door frame. this all happens in less than a second. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door frame. this all happens in less than a second. >> out of nowhere, this third house that seemingly has nothing to do with the fire two fires explodes. clark's i...