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Samuel Todd, 27, and Ryan Ibbitson, 23, planned to pocket thousands after staging a burglary and suggesting a fire started as a result of a hate crime.
However, their plan massively backfired when the dim duo poured several gallons of petrol around Todd's rented home before flooding it with gas from a hob and flicking a match.
CCTV captured the moment the house exploded in a massive ball of flames with the two men - one clutching a petrol can - running down the road to avoid suffering severe burns.