Friday 24 June 2022 02:21 PM Moment a man building a fence gets a nasty surprise when a gas main EXPLODES ... trends now
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The is the petrifying moment a man had a close call after a gas pipe exploded in the ground beneath him.
The man was busy fixing a fence in the village of Wessington near Alfreton, Derbyshire, when the accident occurred.
The clip shows the contractor manning machinery outside, Derbyshire Live reports.
All of a sudden, an explosion throws the man into the air and blows off turf from the grassed field as gas pours into the air.
The man can be seen scrambling to get on to his feet before he flees the accident site.
The man was working on site (left) when the gas pipe suddenly exploded beneath him (right)
Some 30 residents had to be evacuated from their properties on Tuesday after gas poured from the pipe.
Married dad-of-two Alan, 62, a company director said: 'We were on holiday down in the Cotswolds at the time, I had arranged for both my lads to water the garden.
'My wife and I were coming out of John Lewis and one of my boys called and said he couldn't water the garden because the entire
