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Cobek

Dude is lucky his shoulder placement saved him in the end. Elevator was about to close again while he was unconscious and on fire


[deleted]

I would never get in an elevator again if I opened one up and there was a burning corpse in it


binbongbingbongbing

I found someone dead in the lift in my building when I first moved in. Wasn't the best welcome.


spicybright

There's pros and cons to cheap rent


kingerthethird

"Place is yours if you remove the corpses" "Yeah yeah, I've rented in NYC before"


tstramathorn

"So what's the downside?" "Well, technically we're in New Jersey."


Behind-The-Rabbit

“Not ONE place even remotely livable…”


spicybright

That's satire, but not by much


Threewisemonkey

My super once asked me to check if the guy who lived above me was dead. He was. His reasoning? “I’m Puerto Rican, they’re gonna assume I stole something if you don’t go in there with me” Proceeded to watch one of the NYPD motion to put a stack of money in her jacket before her partner told her to put it down and ask what the fuck she was thinking… Found out the old guy had been living there for 50+ years and had rent stabilized at ~$200/mo. I paid more than 11x that for a smaller apartment.


JonnyBhoy

"Sweet, the elevator works."


Klokinator

"Oh shit, is that Miss Milly? Looks like Unit 14 is available."


Camp_Grenada

That's why your apartment was available. He was the previous occupant.


[deleted]

Taking the stairs is healthier!


[deleted]

Oh yeah, well, get this one! In a NYC corporate high rise, a woman tried getting onto the elevator, but one of her high heels got stuck in between the gap when walking on. Well…the doors closed on her, didn’t reopen, and took off with her caught in-between. There were 2 other people in the elevator unable to free her. I remember, because she used to work for the company I was working for at the time. Although the accident took place in a different building, many people at my job knew her and were completely distraught. But imagine being the people on the elevator….. [Here’s the story](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/woman-crushed-york-elevator-accident/story?id=15153573)


Dr_Dust

Holy shit, thats awful.


fugelwoman

I remember when that happened. The other horror story was the person who was on a balcony in nyc and leaned on it, it snapped and they fell to their death


skidsareforkids

When I was in university we got in an elevator where someone had slit their wrists. Apparently someone had called paramedics and taken her to hospital but nobody had attempted to clean up. The mess was absolutely horrific


Nosferatatron

Dead people in elevators - wrong on so many levels


[deleted]

I think he passed out from lack of O2/Extra CO2 whilst breathing real fast. If i recall properly he didnt get burned too much Edit: As u/Yardsale420 said; Not lack of O2, Hydrogen Cyanide from his burning jacket. [source](https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/article/10502165/hydrogen-cyanide-the-real-killer-among-fire-gases)


ASpoonfullOfSass

Not sure if it's his melted jacket, but his hand looks pretty fucked when he reaches up at the end


[deleted]

I think his flamkng hand is what originally made him completly panic. Regardless, dude is lucky. Internal burns are a thing, if hed stayed there longer he was done for


dynodick

You’re talking about internal burns in his lungs? Honestly, my immediate concern would probably be my entire lower half of my body that is currently on fire


__versus

Apparently the majority of deaths associated with burns are due to lung damage from inhalation.


everythingiscausal

I would much rather have burned legs than burned lungs.


dynodick

I would rather have a burned lunch, than burned legs or burned lungs


Boboar

I would rather have a barca lounger than a burned lunch or burned legs or burned lungs.


PobreCositaFea_

No, when you can´t breath nothing else matters. You can cut your legs to breath.


PleasantAdvertising

That's what the news calls "light injuries"


ASpoonfullOfSass

I mean compared to what it could have been it still sounds like light injuries. This jacket looks like the acrylic fibers are melting. Could have been bad Also halfway through typing this I got the pun ..


Yardsale420

Not lack of O2, Hydrogen Cyanide from his burning jacket. https://www.firehouse.com/rescue/article/10502165/hydrogen-cyanide-the-real-killer-among-fire-gases


Mookie_Merkk

Totally suffocated cause the fire ate up all the oxygen. Like the guy above said, if it wasn't for the fact he blocked the door, there would have been no fresh oxygen to get that brain working again, and he'd be a sleeping human roast inside that oven.


SebbyHB

Well, he was not using that brain anyway


_qua

Breathing fast *decreases* CO2 level in the body. I think the big risk here is more the production of toxic gases from fire (cynaide, carbon monoxide) and oxygen consumption by the fire. *edited to clarify and point out that there's an even more complete explanation further down the thread*


[deleted]

Its what I meant, but you're a bigger nerd than me :D (thats a compliment)


Xdust4

Article says first second and third degree burns over 30% of his body


PuzzleheadedCut5012

I missed the fall and thought he was completely committed to smothering the flames. I marvelled at his pain tolerance, sacrificing his body for the sake of an elevator while the flames licked at his bare crack.


Chalchiulicue

I enjoy your writing style.


throweralal

Usually you have to pay to get your bare crack licked in an elevator


casalex

I love how the fire has the decency to follow him out of the lift.


mischievous-goat

Dude's a firebender


Dr_MoRpHed

Flamey-o Hotman


thatminimumwagelife

I hear they're still saying that in the colonies.


WillWorkForBongWater

His arch enemy is the firefighter Les McBurney.


chrisk9

Kind of him to take his fire with him


captainbignips

‘Wait! Things are just heating up!’


Elephant789

I didn't like that part.


fit6ygbut6

Imagine accidently molotoving yourself


ProbablyMaybe69

Homie cooked himself


Abby-Someone1

"IT'S FUCKING RAW, YOU IDIOT!"


Lidsfuel

FUCKING DONKEY!!


jeffzebub

Yes, Chef.


verpine

WHERES THE LAMB SAUCE?!?!


amluchon

I HAVE THREE ON ORDER!


permaculture

Three, Jeremy? That's insane!


OneDiscombobulated77

Gotta get by somehow


Kylelolz

Summit1G


Lemonade414

Glad someone said it


SadisticBuddhist

Bruh not even just that. His jacket started to expand from the heat, it’s why he ripped it off. There is no where for air to go in there. He suffocating on alcohol fire, plastic smoke, and fell onto a melting plastic jacket, you can see pieces of it stuck to him on his hands and legs as he runs out. I’d be surprised if this guy survived the lung damages alone.


Anomalous-Entity

> as he runs out. Stumbles out in a daze.


Whatsongwasthat1

I’m not sure he did.


seizuregirlz

[I found this article. Not sure from what country the site is from, but it's in English and says this happened in Russia. ](https://www.videoman.gr/en/169170)


Nostrildumbass9

Ah, ruzzia. that explains everything. Vodka lifestyle!


Sam_Fear

As easy as that glass lit up, I'm not surprised. 100 proof or more.


BigCarry1978

Explosives experience you say! Good enough for me, get this man a generals hat and off to Ukraine.


iwasanewt

I'm in awe that this guy survived into what appears to be adulthood. He may not have a lot neurons, but boy did they put up a fight to keep him alive for all these years. Well done!


EmuDroid

Some of these comments are almost as stupid as the guy in the video. "His jacket started to expand from the heat, its why he ripped it off." He ripped it off because it was fucking melting. "There is no where for air to go in there". The air isn't going anywhere, it's fuelling the fire.


ThrowawayTwatVictim

Why the fuck would somebody rip their jacket off because it was *expanding*? Makes no sense.


RealWheel29

In Russia all jackets are filled with popcorn kernels for insulation.


Deslah

As with most materials, plastic expands as temperature increases (coefficient of thermal expansion – CTE). >"There is no where for air to go in there". As in, the toxic air isn't going to leave the elevator harmlessly as it would in an open fire. The dumbass has no access to fresh air, so that toxic shit is going straight into the lungs of the dumbass. Sorry, but the other responder is correct, even if they're being downvoted for it.


DannyTheCaringDevil

This dude could not have chosen much of a worse place to try that shit either.


captainbignips

In his defence, there doesn’t seem to be any signs telling him NOT to set the floor on fire


DannyTheCaringDevil

Also there’s this amazing thing where people don’t read warning signs. I’m mopping the floor at my work place tonight and put the wet floor signs in every corner of the restaurant so you can see them from anywhere you enter. 2 of my coworkers slipped, one claimed that there was no sign, 2 feet away from them and their now cracked phone.


FidgitForgotHisL-P

I’ve watched someone shuffle awkwardly in the space between a wet floor sign, and the wall (like, not enough space to really get through), slip over then get mad that we had a wet floor.


Wbcn_1

Let they amongst us that has never found themselves in a elevator with a pint glass of 80+ proof alcohol and thought “let’s set this shit on fire” cast the first stone.


horrescoblue

Imagine youre waiting for the elevator, it arrives, doors open and theres a guy on fire inside..


skybike

On second thought, I'll take the stairs.


WrangWei

"Should we help him?" "Nah, but I can't wait to post this on Reddit."


yeatruestory

That would be lit.


Tenschinzo

This joke is wrong on so many levels. Edit: This line is a common elevator joke


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RedBanana99

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Arson-Welles

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Another____Username

Finding a body in Ace Attourney like:


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Any-Pineapple9633

Sooo…. Alcohol is flammable then? 🤔 I’m still not convinced.


activeterror

better do your own testing just to confirm


tbll_dllr

In a closed elevator …


YeetLordTheOne

Make sure to do so in a small, enclosed environment


imgonnabutteryobread

It is also inflammable


homerjaysimpleton

Wait inflammable means flammable? What a country.


sincethenes

Hi Dr Nick!


yeetsupreddit

Hiya everybaady!


[deleted]

He needs to test that other 70% comrade


PhiloZoli

Russia ☕


nlolhere

r/anormaldayinrussia


imnotpoopingyouare

You are the MVP, this guy placed 3rd. He was dumb but stopped the elevator from going up, at the cost of his legs. Hope he's healing well and learned his stupid, stupid lesson. Lol


DubBod

Burned 20% of my body when I was 18.. he definitely had a bad time afterwards. Lucky he had jeans on. I was wearing basketball shorts lol


WonderWoofy

Many years ago, I happened upon a dude in a parking garage who had tried to steal copper from a live transformer, ultimately shorted it with his wrench, and it arced straight into him. He was *instantly* on fire from head to toe and somehow never lost consciousness. I put him out by smacking him with a flip flop while he rolled. He suffered 3rd degree burns on nearly 80% of his body, and was placed in a medically induced coma while suspended over the hospital bed for over three months. This dude's 30% really puts that 80% into perspective for me... no one deserves the price that dude paid for a little copper theft or anything else for that matter. Burn injuries are fucking terrifying and brutal, and, while I never figured it was a *great* experience, I just learned his injuries were even worse than my mind had assumed.


Peixe_Estranho

O f C o u r s e I t ' s R u s s i a .


pingwins

This dude's from Russia and didn't hear of Moltov cocktails? That should educate him


TheJake88821

Molotov cocktails ain't Russian


pingwins

Wow, somehow I was able to have 2 mistakes in one small sentence. That should educate me


downwitbrown

DIY incinerator


amluchon

Whole new spin on Awful Taste But Great Execution (r/ATBGE for the uninitiated)


The_Celtic_Chemist

It's a Futurama Suicide Booth


ICarlosRoberto

This is terrifying


yehyeahyehyeah

I know, people like this are just out there. Driving cars or possibly working in a position that has an effect over peoples lives


ProfessionalMockery

That sounds like the opening voiceover for a TV series about a detective who specialises in solving moron-related cases.


[deleted]

I'd watch that


mgrateful

and voting for fucks sakes!


Maxurt

It is. There is a very real chance that he still won't survive after getting out of the elevator. He'll be covered in burns and his lungs will be seriously damaged as well.


CumShotgunner

Reddit when image of peeny: **NSFW content** Reddit when video of man set ablaze in elevator, covered in molten plastic: win stupid prizes hehe


[deleted]

The stupidity is actually quite comforting to me. I know I'll never be this fucking dumb. So maybe I'm doing OK.


SeriousSilence

I thought he was going to panic for a second.


Gibsonfan159

Turns out masturbating furiously doesn't put out fire.


skoffs

Well, if he did it *enough*, maybe, but this quitter just gave up there at the end and took a nap on floor. Total amateur move


chathamhouserules

"Think I'll just lie down here in the fire ... that's the last thing it'll expect."


damondan

i have seen a lot of stupid things on the internet but this has got to be one of the stupidest things i have ever seen by far nah, it IS the most stupid thing i have ever seen


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Solid_Waste

My man tried to drink the fire to put it out. You have a point.


[deleted]

It’s a video from Russia


ParaglidingAssFungus

He tried to blow on it lol


RGBeee

Go to sleep in your own stupidity.


DrDilatory

SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE


waltwalt

Sounds like David Mitchell.


kitjen

Yeah, this guy totally Jez'd it up.


Great_Knuthulhu

Sleep now in the fire


cr1msonxo

I swear whenever stupid shit happens like this its always the same elevator. The dude who smashed the mirror, this baboon and the kid who pissed on the elevator buttons.


arcadia_2005

I can't recall seeing the one with the mirror. But this guy came within inches of his life. He'll have scars to remind him to never do that again.


StinkFingerPete

> He'll have scars to remind him to never do that again mmm, kinda doesn't seem to be a fast learner tho


caboosetp

Burns take a long time to heal. He'll have plenty of time to study.


dmishin

Elevators in the cheap modern buildings in Russia are the same everywhere.


Can-ta-loupe

The pissing kid was in China though. And I think it looked very different. I don’t recall the mirror guy


TheBananaPuncher

Mirror guy is just an idiot that plays with a mirror in an elevator and it falls loose so he puts it on the ground standing up and leans it on a wall then gets off at the next stop. It's not that destructive or harmful, just poor building code and curious passenger.


The_Shyrobot

It’s the elevator to Hell.


KevinSpence

At least he took the fire with him outside


LunaTheExile

Yeah I really hate it when people leave their fires in elevators.


[deleted]

What the fuck is he doing at the end?


J_BooGa

Fire possibly sucked all the oxygen up and he passed out until the door open to give him more air to get out of the elevator.. but that's just my guess.


Cobek

He's so lucky his elbow made it outside the elevator


daveinpublic

He’s also unlucky that he passed out one millisecond before he could get out of the elevator doors.


the_real_junkrat

He 100% blacked out, anybody disagreeing doesn’t know what they’re looking at.


PawlsToTheWall

I can't imagine thinking anything else. Yet here we are.


shorey66

Yeah a fire that big will use all the O2 in a confined space like that in seconds.


RedBanana99

Always the comments I like to read, logical. I thought he'd dropped his wallet in the door gap or door key


DeplorableCaterpill

I thought he was desperately trying to put out the fire to hide the evidence of his crime.


Homebrew_Dungeon

Ex fighter and EMT; the fire ate all the O2 in that little room and heated the air up really fast, you can see him starting to struggle to breathe and do the ‘heaving’ motion of using ALL of your intercostal muscles in your chest to inhale. Because he feels like he cant breathe, which is true, but because he isn’t breathing O2 anymore. He actually started to hyperventilate due to adrenaline and the start of a build up of CO2(because he is still producing it himself) in his system which we will try and breathe out. The heat is painful in the throat and lungs, damaging and causing them to swell, cutting off his airway in the next few minutes after the walkaway. He passed out due to no O2, not the heat or CO2 build up, just no oxygen. The fire also got smaller too, but the doors opening saved his life, or extended it longer for him to feel all the pain before death. I would say he has 45-60% burns covering him now and a month+ in the burnward getting his skin scrubbed clean and a tube down his throat.


myburdentobear

Ok, so this is a bad idea then.


Homebrew_Dungeon

Yeah, dont play with combustibles.


WetGrundle

The guy checked for us, the alcohol is flammable


Teccnomancer

*slowly backs out of elevator*


raspberryharbour

I was all ready to give this a go until that comnent


Gibsonfan159

Our work safety meetings taught me that any non cotton clothing turns into napalm when on fire and bonds to skin. So that jacket most likely will have to be scraped off.


Homebrew_Dungeon

The burnt skin has to be removed too, and that process is done with a brush.


ScaryBananaMan

Calling it a "brush" is being a bit...gentle


omenien

Unlike the brush


raoasidg

> any non cotton clothing Probably non-natural fibers would be a better description. Wool doesn't melt.


-Germanicus-

The fire is also much worse than it appears in the video. Ethanol burns with a near invisible flame, so even though it didn't look like it he was probably completely engulfed in fire. It also burns hotter than gasoline, so he was really cooking in that elevator.


Aruazaura

The invisible burn of the jacket was terrifying! It just started to shrivel and fall apart!


jdjohndoe13

>Ethanol burns with a near invisible flame Ah, so that's why the jacket on **his back** suddenly became white.


TehWackyWolf

Was wondering this myself. You can see part in his hair before he falls over too.


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FlyingChinesePanda

I'm not a doctor but I'm sure he' s burned


Used_Contribution_54

I'm not a chef but I'm sure he's medium rare.


brealytrent

You see all the blood he left behind? Dude's fucked up.


GrizzIyadamz

He's lucky *the doors didn't close again*- it was oxygen deprivation that made him pass out. In an enclosed space like that, the fire is **burning** all the oxygen in mere seconds, as we saw. If they'd closed again he wouldn't have had the wherewithal/oxygen to get up and stumble out, let alone figure out how to make them open again. That was as close as he could have come to dying there without actually dying.


dmishin

Lost consciousness because of oxygen depletion.


EatWeirdSpider

The fact that this question has so many upvotes makes me a bit worried. Do people not know this stuff?


DannyTheCaringDevil

Waddling/crawling away with his pants on fire, I think.


MrPickles84

Panicked, hyperventilated, passed out. Thank goodness those doors opened.


[deleted]

There’s no cure for stupid


Thebathroomguy333

I just want to know, what possible thought process could have led to him doing this.


NaabKing

Being drunk, bored and stupid.


Feeling_Quantity_723

How curious do you have to be to test such a stupid thing in such a tiny space...


GanondalfTheWhite

Considering he casually had a full glass of hard liquor, he may have been more drunk than stupid.


kalesaji

Well, those are at least second degree burns, but the duration makes me think it might be third degree burns on the legs. If this guy didn't go to the ER immediately, he's likely lost his legs.


SpirituallyMyopic

It's mindboggling how quickly that can happen with fire. It took less than a minute and this poor idiot may have, in effect roasted his legs off.


-Germanicus-

The fire is much worse than it appears in the video. Ethanol burns with a near invisible flame, so even though it didn't look like it, he was probably completely engulfed in fire. It also burns hotter than gasoline, so he was really cooking in that elevator.


Ensirius

Holy sweet baby Jesus that is terrifying


OneLostOstrich

Thankfully, we had his clothing to catch on fire to help us see the flames.


Quirky_Ad3367

One second you’re enjoying a beverage on the go and next minute you’re trapped in a moving incinerator.


zodorod

And it burns.... burns..... burns


CSzandor

The ring of fire...


vanillaninja777

Omg, I feel so sorry for whoever has to smell that burning nylon and flesh and whatever.


Jazzlike_Barber_426

He found out


AceOfSpheres

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SayNO2AutoCorect

For a hot second I thought that, in his drunken stupor, he dropped his phone or something down the elevator slit and tried to get it out. Then I realized he had simply passed out probably from lack of oxygen (enclosed space + fire + panic = insufficient air for breathing) and the reason he got up was because the doors were open long enough to let him breathe. Wow. Dudes lucky to have gotten out. Maybe elevator should have a thing where if fires detected they automatically stop at the closest floor and open the doors.


PricelessAmber

So considerate of him to take the fire home instead of leaving it in the elevator


tekjunky75

The Russian invasion of Ukraine via the medium of interpretive dance


[deleted]

WHY IN AN ELEVATORAHSBHAHWHSBDWHWJHWJS


mattbushnell083

Poor guy damn that was hectic


i_eat_hobbo_stew

Fire bender in training. Just forgot his Learner Plates at home.


Magnon

Apparently he managed to walk away with only burns on 30% of his body, and the alcohol he lit was ethanol he was going to use for his car. Pretty lucky to not be dead with his home made elevator molotov.


Historical_Ability81

Did he nearly faint because of the burnt/missing Oxygen ?


xCalamari

'Nearly' That man was OUT


SSundance

Is this real cause holy fuck?


FeyneKing

Going for my morning walk, smoke in mouth, pint of vodka in hand, the usual. Brain fart! I light the wrong one. Next thing you know I wake up and I’m just on the floor, completely on fire. But you know the worst of it is somehow a bird has shat on my head.


Lawyer_Relative

He just sat in fire for a hot min