Man accidentally sets himself on fire during stunt in Surat
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A man accidentally set himself on fire during a stunt at Ganesh Chaturthi celebration in Gujarat. The video of the incident was shared on social media.
A man accidentally set himself on fire during a stunt at Ganesh Chaturthi celebration in Gujarat's Surat on Thursday night. A purported video of the incident, which was shared on Twitter, showed the man doing a fire stunt at what appeared to be a puja panthal.
The events took a drastic turn when the man attempted to perform a fire-breathing stunt in public. He spit out a flammable substance to ignite the fire but ended up setting himself ablaze.
A young man was accidentally set ablaze while performing stunts trying to breathe fire from his mouth using flammable substances, in Surat’s Parvat Patiya area during a Ganesh Chaturthi celebration.#ganesha #ganeshidols #ganeshji #ganeshutsav #ganpatibappa #ganpati #news pic.twitter.com/1IribHHJyC
For a brief period, his entire body was engulfed in flame. Those accompanying the man quickly removed his shirt, thereby preventing the fire from spreading and averting more damage.
The video of the incident was shared on Twitter with a caption: A young man was accidentally set ablaze while performing stunts trying to breathe fire from his mouth using flammable substances, in Surat’s Parvat Patiya area during a Ganesh Chaturthi celebration.
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