On July 5, at the entrance to a community in Menghai County, Yunnan Province, surveillance footage captured an accident: a young boy crouching next to a manhole cover in front of a store. Suddenly, the manhole cover burst open, and the sewage gushed like a spring, spraying several meters high, and the little boy was thrown up by this sudden force, fell heavily to the ground, and then quickly got up and fled the scene.
According to the understanding on July 7, the surrounding stores confirmed the authenticity of this incident. It turned out that a child had thrown a lit object into a sewage well, causing the manhole cover to burst. The follow-up handling of the incident is taken over by the property management department of the community.
The staff of Menghai Longchi Property confirmed the content of the video, adding that the little boy involved threw a firecracker into the sewer without his parents being aware of it, and unfortunately met with the methane gas in the well, causing an explosion. Fortunately, "the child was not visibly harmed, mainly frightened." "The property responded quickly and the cleaning team cleaned up the spilled dirt on the same day. In addition, the property also took the opportunity to issue a summer safety alert to residents, reminding children to be safe when playing and avoid similar dangerous behaviors.