A man got his leg stuck in molten tarmac because the UK is basically melting
It's literally so hot in the UK right now that things are actually melting.
And, one poor chap experienced everyone's worst nightmare when his leg disappeared into some tarmac that had melted because of the heat.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service in the north east of England tweeted photos taken of the young man stuck in the tarmac.
"Young man stepped on some tarmac and lost his footing," read the tweet. "The tarmac had become so soft during the current heatwave that it melted."
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Fortunately, the chap kept his cool and called the emergency services. He managed to avoid a broken ankle as he was wearing his grandpa's Doc Martens.
Let's get a closer look at the sticky situation:
A giant hole was left in the road as a result of the melted tarmac:
After record-breaking high temperatures in June, the majority of the UK is currently experiencing a heatwave that's set to last throughout the next two weeks.
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Stay safe, people!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
