Watch stomach-churning moment ‘fountain of sewage’ the height of a tower block shoots into the sky

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THIS is the disgusting moment a massive fountain of sewage shoots into the sky before raining onto streets below.

Stomach-churning social media footage from Russia captures a geyser the size of a tower block lasting for several revolting minutes.

a large building is being demolished in a city

The sewage eruption reached 180ft high[/caption]

a red and yellow sign that says market on it

Several cars were likely impacted by the embarrassing mishap[/caption]

a large brick building with smoke coming out of it

The geyser raged on for several minutes[/caption]

The foul fountain rained down in the Novaya Moskva district of Moscow, a Russian Telegram channel has reported.

The sewage was catapulted 180ft in the air, with several cars seen close by that likely got hit with the waste water.

There are several residential buildings in the clip, suggesting they were covered too, plus some pedestrians unlucky enough to be walking past.

This moment shocked many, who were quick to react on social media to the revolting sight.

One X (formerly Twitter) user captioned the moment with: “A s**t show, literally.”

Anton Gerashchenko, a self-described Ukrainian patriot, posted the video to his 634,000 followers.

The video currently has over 3.7 million views, over 43,000 likes and nearly 10,000 reposts.

There was sympathy for those who would have to clean up the huge mess, as seen in a comment reading: “Imagine that it all fall down, transported by wind, smell… beurk!!!

“And the technicians are in the trenches at the frontline.”

Other humorous comments followed, with one person saying: “This is one of those moments where I really, really hope Ukraine did do it.

Some claimed that the sewage infrastructure broke down in Moscow.

The user went onto suggest: “Is this the thermal heating system being purged. In our apartment in Craiova the heating is pressurized in October and the water that come out is rusty coloured like this.”

According to Russia‘s state-owned conglomerate Gazprom, a new section of the gas pipeline is being cleaned out of the air in this way.

According to reports, representatives of the corporation said the situation is under control.

Local authorities are reported as working to contain the damage, and minimize helath risks to the public.

Cleanup crews are expected to remain on the site until the incident is fully contained.

Gazprom – Russia’s largest energy company – is involved.

This is not the first time this year that the integrity of Russia’s sewage system has been questioned.

“The Moscow branch of JSC Gazprom Gas Distribution is carrying out work to relieve air pressure on a newly constructed section of the gas pipeline,” said one report.

In January, when Russian troops discovered gender neutral toilets in Ukraine, Boris Vishnevsky, a member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly made a cutting remark.

He said that: “a quarter of Russians do not have centralised sewerage,” citing data from Rosstat, Russia’s state statistics service.

Boris added : “And basically, it is hard to imagine something more gender-neutral than a backyard ‘latrine’-style toilet.”

He was responding to St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov’s criticism of the gender neutral toilets, as reported by Newsweek.