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Fireball Explodes Out of a Manhole Just Feet From a Terrified Couple
- Posted on November 24, 2011 at 5:34pm by
Liz Klimas
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Have you ever deliberately avoided stepping on a manhole cover embedded in a sidewalk or street because — let’s face it — you never know if it’s on tightly enough?
If you’re one of the cautious walkers who avoid stepping on these covers, the following footage may have you distancing yourself even more from manholes.
Watch, below, as a fireball erupts just feet in front of a strolling couple:
The incident took place in Peterborough, U.K., and, as the report states, this manhole is a particularly unruly one. There was an even larger blast earlier when no one was around.
Check out the extended footage here, showing the couple’s solution to cross to the other side of the street as well as the more drastic explosion from earlier in the month:
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davidstep
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:23pmI wonder if someone had too many burritos the night before.
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 2:10pmI think I have seen this before, it was linked to underground electrical issues.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 8:51amPolice State with CCTV cameras everywhere, and the idiots surveilling them behind the scenes sit there and watch you all day and when they see something interesting, they sell it to the tv station as…news?
GRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RESIST THE NAZI POLICE STATE!
Report Post »bgwillia
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:50amAbout thirteen miles to the south is the former USAF airbase RAF Alconbury, now mostly civilian use and a small military residential area. Any chance residual JP-4 mighta leaked north? (only kidding) More likely built-up methane that got touched off by something sparking, maybe a relay or something.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:47amIt’s gotta be one heck of a rat toaster.
Report Post »RGVTexan
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 1:17amThis reminds me of the original very funny movie “The Out of Towners” with Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis where they were in New York going through all kinds of problems and they were standing next to a manhole cover that started rumbling and exploded sending the heavy metal cover high up into the air and landed near them making the loudest noise. They didn’t know what the heck was going on. Lesson from this is never walk on a manhole cover because it may be the last thing you ever do (not really, chances really are slim to none).
Report Post »SomeRandomPerson
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:54pmThis just proves you can set your farts on fire. It’s all that methane.
Report Post »Hobbs57
Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:04amThat’s why they got rid of house traps in the US. Except for stupid Pittsburgh of course. They goound out in the 60′s that by having each house have a trap in front of it, there was no way for the methane gas to escape from the sewer system and would lead to build ups and explosions. The needed house traps because there didn’t used to be traps on each of the fixtures back in the day and gases would leak into the home, not to mention roaches and other sanitary problems. NOw that all fixtures are required to have their own trap, the house traps are removed and the vent coming out of the top of your house is actually venting out the main sewer line. Pretty ingenious really. This way it get’s all the gases way up in the sky into the wind instead of stinking up where people live and breath. I only learned all this as I had failed a plumbing inspection on the house trap and couldn’t figure out why Pittsburgh required them when the other states I worked in forbid them. The reason is some stupid one I don’t understand, something about the rain gutters being connected to the sewers still… oh yeah, …hahaha just realized, with out the house trap, methane gases would go into the gutter/rain pipes… How about that,just learned something by just jabbering away ..lol
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:47pmThat was Fireball XL5
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:24pmwith all of Englands CCTV they still cannot prevent manhole cover jihad. dayum shame the english must live in fear like this!
Report Post »Skee
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 10:54pmGreat, now exploding fecel matter is going to be a national security threat.
Report Post »Homeland security will start interrigating our terds, per executive order.
Look for a little blinking light and a microphone in the bowl.
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:55pm.
Report Post »Just a couple of Frat Boy’s lighting farts NBD……….
1947
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:49pmIs that human GAS
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 11:15pmPlease! The proper term for it is “bio gas” — a very green source of energy. Can I have $500 million now if I incorporate my septic tank?
Report Post »motocrossed
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:45pmmanhole covers have been exploding here in Indiana recently too. on the news they said it has happened a few times since January. they are looking into what coused it! indianapolis in. last week.
Report Post »amalherbe
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 9:55pmYes I grabbed this about the Indianapolis manhole covers. They are saying it had something to do with the power lines.
http://www.wthr.com/story/3813192/for-fourth-time-explosion-blows-out-manhole-cover?redirected=true
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:44pmMust have been Newt scurrying underground from one commitment to the opposite commitment across town.
Report Post »Steev
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:34pmhahaha, this is staged – the explosives are planted, you don’t think that there being a camera on that specific spot from one or two stories up is a little questionable, it‘s kinda like watching a reality show and thinking it’s not scripted or thinking the WWF is real ! LOL
Report Post »PCKaz
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:43pmActually, the UK has cameras all over the place, as part of surveillance and law enforcement. It’s been pretty controversial over there for the last several years. Who knows if it’s staged or not, but the camera was probably there all along.
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:54pmcorrect, you can’t go anywhere without being filmed. Big Brother is everywhere.
Report Post »Your Name Here
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:11pmThat‘s actually the door to Obama’s birth place.
Report Post »Too bad no one mentioned the smell of brimstone accompanying the fire.
jb.kibs
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:32pmMust be those new lightposts with cameras, mics and speakers.
Report Post »Sjah
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 8:03pmso we are exporting Odumbers hot air to the uk now?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:55pmGod above I told them workers down below, never eat chili before welding…
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:53pmBarney Frank has a flat there and his crapper is connected to that sewer.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:57pmMust have been a shock for everyone nearby…
Obi-wan “Uh, oh…master Yoda is not going to be happy with me….blasters, never use one in a sewer…”
Report Post »cabn12
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:39pmCheck out Mythbusters. http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-manhole-missiles.html
Explains how this can happen.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:33pmSee, This is what happens when there are Big Brother’s cameras everywhere. You get a manhole cover blowing it’s, well, manhole cover.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:10pmIt’s in the UK…..who the heII cares?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 7:53pmIt happens here too. Need good city management or else accidents will happen.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 5:50pmOWS is living in the sewers? Now that‘s better than mom’s basement!!!
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:04pmWow! And there was no cop car down there to crap on either.
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