By Town Crier staff

Santa Clara County firefighters extinguish flames at a Cupertino home that exploded after utility workers accidentally punctured a gas line while working on a home down the street near the Los Altos border May 6.

Gas from the damaged gas line filled the house and ignited when it came into contact with a lit pilot light, authorities said. The explosion

nearly leveled the home.

Nobody was injured in the explosion. The owner told local news stations that he had left for the store to purchase a box of screws for a project he was working on just before the disaster occurred.