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Man Blows Up Septic Tank & Spilled Poop In His Whole House After He Lit Cigarette In Toilet
Going to take a poo in the toilet is for many people, a pretty private moment where you’re both com- pletely relaxed and also totally vulnerable. After all, when you’re with your pants down, you have every intention of being at ease. And some people may choose to accompany these moments by using their phone, or in some cases, smoking a ciga- rette.
But you might
want to be careful about lighting up your cigarette, as this story
from China Press comes to show!
The incident, which apparently happened in Jawa, Indonesia, involves a man living in East Jakarta who was probably not thinking too much about going to the toilet to do his business.
And as some would do when they’re about to
do number two (that rhymes!), he lit up a cigarette and sat down to unwind. Only, instead of having a few relaxing moments to him- self, the unthink- able happened:
Yes, after lighting up his cigarette, the man’s toilet exploded. Actually, it wasn’t just his toilet either, because as the story reports, the entire septic tank of the man’s house exploded after it was found that
the tank con- tained too much biogas!
The force of the explosion was so strong, it ripped through the man’s home, breaking through the ground and destroying his liv- ing room, bed- room and kitchen in the blink of an eye. But if that wasn’t bad enough, his walls and floors were all stained brown. You can probably guess where that brown came from...
Villagers who heard the explo- sion rushed to the man’s house, only to find him stand- ing in the middle of a crater where his toilet used to be, before lighting up a second ciga- rette to inhale from it. Walao, damn badass.
But upon being sent to a hospital, it was found that he was actually badly injured dur- ing the incident. Despite that, the man continued to hold on to his
packet of ciga- rettes!
According to local authorities, a buildup of biogas in sewage tanks and pipes isn’t unheard of, but they tend to be properly released to avoid possible explosions from occurring. Authorities also cautioned against lighting open flames near sep- tic tanks and pipes to prevent instances like this from happening.
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