A pensioner remains in hospital after a suspected gas blast flattened his home and prompted the evacuation of neighbouring houses.
Families have been evacuated after the blast in Callander Police said the house had been "totally demolished" by the blast and that 77-year-old Robin Cunningham and his wife Marianne, 74, were taken to hospital.
He is said to be in a stable condition, while Mrs Cunningham suffered minor injuries and has been released.
Neighbours said they could hear her calling for help from under the rubble, while her husband had become trapped under debris in the kitchen.
Nine houses around the scene of the explosion in Murdiston Avenue, Callander, in central Scotland, were evacuated and Stirling Council has set up a rest centre in the town for those who have been asked to leave their homes.
Neighbour Alistair Allan, who lives across the road, said his 16-year-old daughter Nicola alerted him to the explosion.
The home was "totally demolished" in the explosion He said: "My daughter shouts to be, 'Dad, the house across the road is on fire'.
"I looked out and it was gone. The house was demolished. The male occupant, he was shouting from below the rubble, 'Get me out, get me out, I can't take this any longer, help me, help me'.
"I couldn't see the guy, he was below the rubble in what I take was the kitchen.
"There was nothing we could do - we had to leave it to the fire service."
Sky's James Matthews said the likely focus of the investigation would be on a new boiler, which is understood to have been fitted three weeks ago.
A policeman at the scene of the blast The couple had called engineers back to check it three times and engineers were due to return for a fourth time on the day of the explosion, Matthews said.
Eric Brown, proprietor of the nearby Roman Camp Hotel, said: "I heard a loud bang at around 5.45am this morning.
"The hotel is set quite far back from the road so it wasn't particularly loud from where we are, but it was enough to wake me up."
Chief Inspector Russell Penman, of Central Scotland Police, said: "The house has been totally demolished as a result of the explosion.
"We are treating this as a suspected gas leak and inquiries are at a very early stage to establish the cause. Scotland Gas Networks are in attendance and working with us."
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