A toddler’s hand was blown black after placing coins into an electric car charging port in southern China.

In the video filmed in Bengbu, East China's Anhui province, the two-year-old boy threw coins into a charging port of the electric vehicle.

As he touched the plug of the charging port, it suddenly exploded and spewed out sparks, causing him to cry and his hands instantly got black.

Ms. Li, the boy’s mother, said one of the three plugs in the charging port was blown off, and the corner of a coin was burned off as well. She was busy doing housework inside the house when she heard the baby crying and immediately came out to check. Fortunately, the kid was fine.

The explosion happened because the coins could conduct electricity. When the coins touch multiple plugs of the charging ports at the same time, it will cause a short circuit. The charging ports then emit sparks and generate high temperatures.

The boy in the video was lucky that the heat did not fully reach his hands, which would have been severely scalded.

The video was filmed on December 19 and provided by local media.

12月19日，安徽蚌埠，2岁男童玩耍时，打开了电动车充电口，并向里面投起了硬币。在第三次投币时，男童触碰到了充电口插头，突然发生爆炸并喷出火星，孩子瞬间被吓哭 。妈妈李女士介绍，孩子的手被熏黑了，充电口里的三个插头被炸掉了一个，一元的硬币也被烧掉一个角，太危险了。李女士表示，当时自己在屋内忙着做家务，听到孩子哭马上出来查看，想想觉得很后怕，幸好孩子没事。
据了解，之所以电动车充电口会发生爆炸，是因为硬币会导电，当硬币同时触碰到充电口的多个插头时，会引发短路，充电口就会爆出火花，同时产生高温。视频里的小男孩是幸运的，高温没有波及到孩子的手，否则将会被严重烫伤。