Watch: Sewage pipe bursts in Moscow, shoots tower block-sized 'fountain of poop'

A video has gone viral on social media platforms capturing the vile moment a sewage pipe blasted and a fountain of filthy water rose - as high as a 10-story tower block - in Moscow.

In the stomach-churning video, a tower of murky water is seen rising from a pipe in the neighbourhood of what looks like a construction site in the Novaya Moskva district. Soon the water rained down on nearby cars and buildings.

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According to some Moscow-based Telegram channels, dirty water rose at such a height because of the extreme pressure by which the water was forced through a gas pipeline.

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Speaking about the blast, The Watch Out, Moscow channel said, "Regional Gazprom told us that this is how air is purged for a new section of the gas pipeline. The situation is normal and is under the control of specialists." It was reported that the clean-up crews reached the site and contained the sewage.

The fountain of sewage rose 180 feet in the air and seconds later, splashed waste water on several cars and pedestrians close to it.

Here's how netizens reacted to the video

The video was shared on social media by former adviser to Ukraine's interior ministry Anton Gerashchenko who called it "a s**tshow, literally!".

Meanwhile, one user on X said, "I see Moscow's newest fountain attraction which represents everything about them."

"The s**it in Moscow is apparently under very high pressure," commented another.

"The most accurate representation of Russian society and civilization since Tolstoy'sWar and Peace," wrote a third user.

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The video has more than 3.7 million views currently, more than 43,000 likes and nearly 10,000 reposts.

"Imagine that it all fall down, transported by wind, smell... beurk!!!" wrote another user while sympathising with those who cleaned it up.

"And the technicians are in the trenches at thefrontline," said another user.

"This is one of those moments where I really, really hopeUkrainediddo it," said a user on X.

"Is this the thermal heating system being purged. In our apartment in Craiova the heating is pressurised in October and the water that come out is rusty coloured like this," wrote another user.

(With inputs from agencies)