A hilarious video has emerged of two adult comedians challenging each other in a game of 'the floor is lava' in shops and other public places.

The footage, shot in Ipswich, UK on May 29, shows Jahannah James and Kevin Freshwater pretending the floor turned to hot lava and jumping onto various fixtures, wreaking havoc in public places.

"We both [were] talking about child hood games and we both agreed that we loved to play the lava game," Freshwater told Newsflare.

"We thought it would make for a great online video but never expected it to do as well as it did and become a world wide challenge," he added.

Me and Jahannah both work together on a radio show and also content creators.. We both was talking about child hood games and we both agreed that we loved to play the lava game! We thought it would make for a great online video but never expected it to do as well as it did and become a world wide challenge! We are just enjoying it all.