A man's hair and eyebrows were singed off in a hydrogen balloon explosion in southern China.

Terrifying CCTV footage filmed in Changsha City, Hunan Province, on November 29, shows a hydrogen balloon bursting into flames after a man armed with a pair of scissors pierced it.

In a split-second reaction, he leapt back, narrowly escaping serious harm, as the explosion instantly incinerated his eyebrows and hair.

On November 29, 2023, in Changsha, Hunan, a thrilling surveillance video captured an accidental explosion caused by a hydrogen balloon.

The man in the video was seen holding scissors in one hand and a hydrogen-filled balloon in the other. According to him, he was planning to pierce the balloon and throw it away.

However, in an unexpected turn of events, when he stabbed the scissors into the balloon, it exploded in his hands and created flames that instantly burned off his eyebrows and hair.

Startled, the man quickly retreated to the side, fortunately, he wasn't seriously hurt. According to netizens, this kind of hydrogen balloon is highly prone to accidents when it encounters friction-generated heat, especially in seasons that tend to generate static electricity. Given his own experience, the man suggested that such hydrogen balloons should no longer be given to children to avoid danger.