A ROW over the vacuuming led to a Blackpool man blowing up his girlfriend's house.

Brian Barrington snapped after his girlfriend called him the laziest person she knew and asked him to leave.

He hurled as aerosol can onto the open fire, causing a huge explosion which blew out the windows and the door, damaging a neighbour's car.

Barrington, a 33-year-old former amusement arcade manager of Northfield Avenue, North Shore, Blackpool, admitted two offences of damage.

District Judge Victoria Rose, sitting at Blackpool Magistrates' Court committed him on bail for sentence at Preston Crown Court at a date to be fixed.

The judge told him: "This was clearly a crime committed out of passion, but that does not mean I can deal with you."

The explosion took place at Jaqueline Rigby's home on Kingston Avenue, South Shore, on July 7.

The force of the blast blew the glass out of the windows and the front door off its hinges. Flying glass scratched a neighbour's VW Beetle. Compensation of more than £5,000 is being claimed for the damage.

Prosecutor, Wendy Lloyd, said: "The defendant was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital after the explosion. When interviewed he said he had thrown a large aerosol into the fire which caused the huge explosion."

Michael Woosnam, defending, said the couple had been in a relationship for a year. Six months before the offence Barrington moved into Ms Rigby's home.

They decided to sell Barrington's home and it was gutted of furniture and fittings ready for sale. Barrington also had to give up the dog he had had for eight years because it did not get on with Ms Rigby's dog.

With Barrington working 60 hours a week as an amusement arcade manager and Ms Rigby's interest in horses kept her out of the house for long periods, the couple were hardly seeing each other.

Barrington gave up his job with a view to getting employment working fewer hours.

The defence said: "The argument which gave rise to this incident was whether he had done the hoovering or not.

"She thought he was lazy, although he did most of the household jobs. She said she regarded him as the laziest person she knew and she had had enough.

"He sat there feeling all his bridges had been burnt and he was required to leave.

"At first he threw the teddy bear he had given her as a present into the fire. Then he threw her lighter on and then an air freshener aerosol. It never crossed his mind what would happen. He just though there would be a bang."