Residents of the Indian city of Patna in Bihar state were alarmed recently by what they thought was the repeated sound of gunfire ringing around the streets.

They poked their heads outside expecting to see a raging gun battle but instead saw nothing of the sort.

On closer inspection, they discovered that the noise was being created by two powerlines that had come into contact on February 3.

According to the filmer, the authorities arrived on the scene and cut the power, preventing any issues.

The High tension electric open wire has suddenly touched togather in street that's look like bullet fire.

It's happening continuing 2 minutes. local residence so much affraid to see these things.

Any accident didn't happened because someone suddenly inform to electric department so they cut the power.