Shocking moment man building a fence gets a very nasty surprise
This is the shocking moment a man building a fence got a very nasty surprise when a gas main exploded under his feet.
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This is the shocking moment a man building a fence got a very nasty surprise when a gas main exploded under his feet.
CCTV footage shows the man scramble for safety while building a fence in a village in Derbyshire, England.
A camera at Alan Brown‘s property captured the contractor being thrown into the air after the machinery he was manning struck a gas main, The Sun reported.
Alan told Derbyshire Live: “It’s from my CCTV. It’s my property to the edge but the field belongs to the farmer.
“The guy in the video is apparently a fencing contractor to the farmer.
“In some of my longer footage you can see him running down the field so I think he’s ok.”
Residents from more than 30 surrounding homes were evacuated as gas escaped the pipe.
Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service said due to the risk of the leaking gas igniting a fire, they had to stay away from their homes for several hours.
A spokesman from the gas distribution network, Cadent, said engineers worked through the night to make an emergency repair after the pipe was hit by a third party.
Their teams made everything safe and remained on site until the repair work was completed.
The footage collected more than 1,800 reactions, 2,400 comments and has been shared over 10,000 times.
Many people shared their thoughts, with many agreeing the man was lucky.
One person said: “Lucky he didn’t have a cig in his mouth!”
Someone else wondered “how much will that cost to fix” to which a person responded: ”It’s the loss of gas that’ll be the costly part.”
Another person joked: “Change of drawers required.”
This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission
Originally published as Shocking moment man building a fence gets a very nasty surprise
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