An elderly man in Portugal takes revenge on his landlord by blowing up his apartment, causing part of the five-floor Lisbon block to collapse and catch fire.

Neighbors reported the 80-year-old man had threatened to pour petrol on his floor and set it alight after being evicted by his landlord.

Carlos Pinto, a fireman with the Lisbon fire brigade, tells Reuters, "He had threatened neighbors that he would blow up the place if he ever got kicked out... I guess he kept his promise."

One neighbor says he saw the man with a bottle of petrol right before the explosion. The elderly man suffered severe burns to his body. No other injuries were reported.