Sewer explodes after man throws a cigarette butt down a walkway hole - GIF

**Altair** · Jan 16, 2019, 12:43 AM

Sewer explodes after man throws a cigarette butt down a walkway hole. Amazingly, the man survived.

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**Frank S** · Jan 16, 2019, 01:54 AM

Looks to me like the methane extraction ventilation had failed. either that of someone had disposed of some extremely volatile liquid which had turned to gas.

**VinnieL** · Jan 16, 2019, 07:52 PM

Probably either methane or maybe natural gas leaking into the sewer. (I have seen natural gas lines run directly through sewers)

**toma** · Jan 17, 2019, 01:58 AM

Who said that cigarette smoking is not dangerous..?

**Loose Ctrl** · Jan 17, 2019, 10:15 AM

I'm not sure he survived long after that.

**Hoosiersmoker** · Jan 17, 2019, 11:14 AM

Well, that blew up in his face!

**ranald** · Jan 17, 2019, 02:10 PM

He got a blast out of that stupid dare. looks staged somewhat.

**Hoosiersmoker** · Jan 18, 2019, 06:14 AM

The first frame shows a guy with his foot over the hole and looking at it and the time stamp shows 2017/03/29 at 09:35:28 and a few frames later jumps to 2017/03/29 at 09:51:50 as another guy walks up... This looks like a murder set up to me! Frame by frame the time stamp shows a continuous progression with no apparent break. It looks real right up to the hole in the ground as he drags himself away. Involuntary reactions are pretty amazing, probably what saved this guy. This is why my butt stays out of holes!