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A cellphone text message is believed to have sparked a fireball which razed a house, a court has been told.
Police said Darren Jeffries, 23, was caught in the fireball and ran "smoking from his head" to alert his partner and two children inside.
Vapour had formed as cannabis and alcohol were heated on an electric element in the Johnsonville house in January.
As Jeffries opened his phone, lawyer Noel Sainsbury said Jeffries "nearly blew himself up".
Jeffries was sentenced to eight months' home detention.
