- The man was rescued in the Kursk, western Russia, after becoming trapped
- He ended up in the pipes for 24 hours after getting drunk and climbing into them
- The pipes can reach 130 degrees Celsius which could have burnt him alive
- He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for the burns
This is the dramatic moment a man was rescued from certain death trapped in the underground pipes of the Russian city of Kursk.
The man told his rescuers he was drunk and did not remember how he ended up in the pipes below ground.
As reported by rt.com, he was down there for almost 24 hours before being rescued by emergency services after children heard his cries for help.
When they heard what they thought to be a voice they rushed to investigate and saw a human eye and his finger trying to poke out the earth.
When the emergency services arrived they found a man in his 40’s stuck in the pipework which provides the city with hot water from the nearby heat generation plants.
It was a miracle he managed to survive, as the pipes can reach up to 130 degrees Celsius in the winter which would burn skin on contact.
Fire fighters are forced to resort to a concrete saw and hammers in order to free a man who was trapped in underground pipes after getting drunk in Kursk, Russia
By a stroke of luck the pipe which he had been crawling through was insulated, meaning that it could not reach its maximum temperature and he could escape.
Fearing for the man’s life and with no time to waste, the fire service were forced to resort to cutting through the cement with a concrete saw.
His rescuers are seen desperately hammering away at the last few inches of earth before cutting away at the bars which make up the last part of his prison.
The man in his 40’s was stuck in the pipes which provide the city with hot water from the nearby heat generation plants. The pipes reach up to 130C which could have burnt him alive
When he emerged he was dripping in sweat and wearing only his underpants. He said he had to shed the rest of his clothing squeeze through a gap in the network
When he emerges he is dripping in sweat and wearing only his underpants.
He explained that he had to shed his clothing in an attempt to squeeze through a gap in the network of pipes that run along the city.
Far from escaping unscathed the man emerges covered in burns from his day-long ordeal.
The local authorities have launched an investigation to find out how he came to be in the pipes and the underground explorer was taken to the hospital to get his injuries treated and sleep off his hangover.