Birmingham manhole explosion just misses child
An explosion in a manhole on a Birmingham street "just missed" a child who was walking nearby.
The explosion happened at 12:21 GMT at Warwick Road, Tyseley. The cause is still being established.
Video footage posted by West Midlands Fire and Rescue shows a child and two adults walking past the manhole immediately before the explosion.
Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt report.
Footage provided by Divine Collection
22 Jan 2015
- From the section Birmingham & Black Country