Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder,Agency: Central European News 

Video Credit: CEN/@plohie_novosti_18

This is the moment a boy playing with a box of matches inadvertently ignites a gas leak and causes a huge explosion that he somehow walks away from.

The bizarre incident took place on Gamidova Street in the city of Makhachkala in the south-western Russian republic of Dagestan after the unnamed boy reportedly found a box of matches near his home.

In the footage, the boy is seen fiddling with the matches and at one points drops the box and has to bend down to pick it up.

After apparently striking a match in the cold weather, a huge explosion fills the screen and a large section of the wall is exposed as the youngster is thrown about a metre away.

He is last seen walking away from the gas blast he apparently sparked.

According to local media, the youngster was taken to hospital with facial burns and minor injuries and is still receiving treatment.

To ensure there were no other gas leaks, the local authorities had to cut the supply to eight surrounding buildings while 30 council workers carried out emergency checks, according to reports.

Local media said the affected building only sustained damage to a balcony and an outside wall.

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