Stomach-churning social media footage from Russia captures a geyser the size of a tower block of sewage shooting 180 feet into the air and raining down on the streets below in the Novaya Moskva district of Moscow.
The foul fountain raged for several minutes, with several cars seen close by that likely got hit with the waste water. Residential buildings and pedestrians in the area were also likely affected by the deluge of sewage.
“A shit show, literally,” one X (formerly Twitter) user captioned the moment, while Ukrainian patriot Anton Gerashchenko shared the video with his 634,000 followers, where it has now racked up over 3.7 million views.
There was sympathy for those who would have to clean up the huge mess, with one commenter noting: “Imagine that it all fall down, transported by wind, smell… beurk!!! And the technicians are in the trenches at the frontline.”
According to Russia’s state-owned conglomerate Gazprom, the incident was caused by a new section of gas pipeline being cleaned out, with the company saying the situation is under control. Local authorities are reported as working to contain the damage and minimize health risks to the public.
This is not the first time the integrity of Russia’s sewage infrastructure has come into question. In January, a Russian politician criticized gender-neutral toilets found in Ukraine, noting that a quarter of Russians do not have access to centralized sewerage.
Cleanup crews are expected to remain on site until the sewage geyser incident is fully contained. The dramatic footage has sparked widespread disgust and mockery on social media over the state of Russia’s infrastructure.
