Villagers from Shandong Province in eastern China have reportedly resorted to transporting natural gas in plastic bags . Recent images show intrepid residents from Lijin village in Dongying city carry the explosive in bags as long as six metres on rickshaws , reported the People ’ s Daily Online . Worried passers-by compared this behaviour to carrying a bomb on their backs because any contact with a naked flame or even a cigarette could spell disaster . Gas-guzzler : Carrying natural gas in huge plastic bags is a common scene in some villages in Shandong . Penny-pinching : Local media suggest this is a way for villages to save money on the transportation of gas . This reckless behaviour has been reported on as early as May 2011 in Zibo city in Shandong . It has since spread to different parts of the province . Netizens and media suggest this is a way for the locals to save money on transportation . Some suggest they are actually stealing gas . An earlier undercover investigation by Anhui Satellite TV Station shows that villagers in Zibo have little understanding of the dangers , claiming it to be safe . Unaware of danger : Previous investigation discovered that residents had little understanding of the hazards . The news clip documented villagers and even school pupils stealing gas from a large roadside container . Their plastic bags were inflated within minutes , and they carried them off before someone else came along to do the same . Villagers told the undercover reporter transporting gas this way is n't dangerous at all . Questions are now being raised within China about why the authorities have taken no steps to ban this practise after all these years . Unprotected : The gas bags are sealed in a basic manner . Passers-by worry they could spell disaster any time .
Villagers in transit are seen using bags as long as six bags . It is becoming a common behaviour in some areas since 2011 . Previous investigation suggested bags in the bags are often dangerous . Gas ##pers have little understanding of dangers requiring it to be safe .