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Father seriously injured by exploding manhole cover after lighting firecracker and igniting sewage gas
By Graham Smith
Last updated at 9:35 AM on 16th February 2012
This is the shocking moment a man is blown off his feet after lighting a firecracker on a manhole cover. CCTV footage shows the man being thrown ten metres through the air by the force of the explosion. The blast, which took place on January 29 in Hunan province in China, was so powerful that his jacket was torn off his back.
The man, identified only as Mr Cai, was severely injured in the incident. Surveillance footage shows him playing with his son and nephew in a snow-covered street. Bending down over a manhole with a lighter in his hand, he prepares to ignite a firecracker as the two young boys look on.
An explosion suddenly occurs, sending him flying across the street and the manhole cover shooting as high as four storeys into the air.
The boys escaped uninjured and local residents rushed Mr Cai to hospital. He suffered facial burns and an inhalation injury and remains in a critical condition. The explosion was believed to be caused by highly-explosive biogas that had accumulated inside the sewer. The gas is produced by the biological breakdown of organic waste in the absence of oxygen.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2101923/Father-seriously-injured-exploding-manhole-cover-lighting-firecracker-igniting-sewage-gas.html#ixzz1mYSbzFXU
Can't wait to go home and see the video at the story link. :facepalm: Photos also at link. What a dumbass.