A burns victim has told how she lost eight toes after she was scalded while leaving a nightclub.
Kate Komleva was heading home from a night out in her native Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2011 when a nearby pipe exploded.
The now 28-year-old mistakenly thought the steam from the broken pipe was fog.
After walking through it, the 'searing pain' caused Ms Komleva to go 'into shock' and even left her thinking 'she was dying'.
Ms Komleva, whose body was covered in 30 per cent burns, endured a 57-day stint in hospital.
Over the next two years, the burns survivor underwent a total of 20 operations, where medics removed her toes and the dead skin on the soles of her feet.
Kate Komleva (pictured left recently) lost eight toes after she was scalded while leaving a nightclub in 2011. The now 28-year-old endured a 57-day stint in hospital (pictured right) and a total of 20 operations to amputate the digits and remove dead skin from her soles
Ms Komleva burnt her legs and feet (pictured) while walking through the steam in heels
Speaking of the ordeal, Ms Komleva said: 'It was just by chance I was first in the line to leave.
'The security staff opened the door and I ran across the club's terrace and into the car park.
'I was wearing heels and could feel the ground was wet, but I thought it had just been raining.
'It was dark and I could barely see my hand in front of my face, I assumed it was foggy.
'Then the searing pain hit me and my body went into shock and I felt completely disorientated.'
Ms Komleva immediately started screaming in pain, which stopped any other club-goers entering the 'fog'.
'I [thought I] was actually dying and I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye to my family,' she said.
'The scorching hot water was already up by [my] tights and approaching my thighs as I saw a man in the porch so I started moving towards him as fast as I could.'
By this time an ambulance had been called, however, Ms Komleva claims the fog was too deep for the emergency vehicle to reach her.
'Thankfully my friends got in their car and drove through to save me,' she said.
Ms Komleva (pictured left five hours before the incident) mistakenly thought steam from the broken pipe was fog and walked through it. Pictured right recently, Ms Komleva claims the 'searing pain' caused her body to go 'into shock' and even left her thinking 'she was dying'
Eight years on, the burns that covered 30 per cent of her body are still visible on her legs
