This video shows the horrifying moment a Chinese girl is hit by a firecracker explosion , sending her tumbling down a sewer to her death . The girl and two boys can be seen walking down the street before one of the children - believed to her brother - drops the small explosive down a manhole . As they step back , a huge blast sends the manhole cover flying into the young girl , Zhaotong Yiliang Chia , as the explosion knocks her back and down a second drain . Horrifying : A Chinese girl died after a firecracker explosion sent her tumbling down into a sewer . The girl and two boys can be seen walking down the street before one of the children - believed to her brother - drops the small explosive down a manhole . The distressing video shows Zhaotong being hurled backwards before falling down the drain behind her , which was uncovered by the firecracker explosion . Shockingly the two boys then appear to walk away , possibly unaware that she has fallen into the sewer in the south western Chinese province of Yunnan . Two other men in the background also run away after the explosion but may not have seen the girl fall down the manhole . Firefighters were called to the scene as dozens gathered around the drain , including Zhaotong 's father , following the tragic accident last month . The girl , Zhaotong Yiliang Chia , is sent flying backwards as the explosion knocks her back and down a second drain . The girl was fatally injured and died in hospital shortly after she was hauled from the manhole by firefighters . The girl 's father was among the crowds as she was pulled from the sewer and rushed to hospital . He can be seen watching as she is eventually hauled from the drain and placed on the ground . He rushes round to hold his daughter 's hand but it is clear that she has been fatally injured . She was rushed to hospital but later died .
Girl and her friends - including her brother - seen throwing a firecracker down upstairs . A huge explosion sends the Chinese girl tumbling down into the sewer . police eventually haul the young girl out but she later dies in hospital .