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A shocking video shows the moment a bare-bum fireworks fool gets burned on the backside after the boozed-up prankster tries to launch a rocket from his buttocks.

The man can be heard yelling and jumping about in agony as the rocket gets stuck and flames scorch his skin.

The rocket is dislodged moments before it detonates on the ground.

Safety campaigners today branded the prankster "very stupid" for the stunt.

The film was uploaded onto social media at the weekend by Twitter user @darrenoneill97 and has since gone viral.

It's unclear where the footage was taken but the men in the clip have Scottish accents.

At the start of the video the man is seen disrobing and saying "watch my keys" as he removes his jeans.

Spilling a beer as his continues to undress the man then takes off his underwear, whilst covering his genitals with his hand.

Another man in the background can be heard saying "boaby out and everything" whilst others can be heard laughing.

Making their way into a garden, someone else can be heard saying: "Put a firework in his a**e."

Instructing the man to "bend over", another Scotsman places the wooden stick with the rocket attached between his butt cheeks.

While clenching the stick ready for ignition, someone can be heard "it might burn his a**e" before the fuse is lit and the spectators step back.

Running away after the sparks start to fly, the man who lit the fuse says: "I'm sorry man."

The men can be heard in hysterics as the rocket attempts to take off and the heat intensifies.

Bolting upright and trying to run with the firework still in his bum, the man screams in pain as the projectile explodes behind him.

Choking on the smoke from the rocket, the young men erupt into laughter as the check if their pal is ok, with him replying "get me a cold shower mate right now man".

Since being uploaded the clip has been retweeted by more than 1,500 viewers and liked by nearly 2,500 with many viewers commenting.

@kevinod145 said: "what in the actual f**k man"

@blayneyblanet wrote: "You just knew that would end badly"

@CarrieDippy responded: "what I want to know is... why"

A spokesman for the British Fireworks Association said: "The guy is very silly. It goes to prove that where there's an issue or incident involving fireworks 99 times out 100 it's with the humans involved and not with the firework itself.

"There is nothing else to say other than the man is very, very stupid."

A spokeswoman for the Royal Society For The Prevention Of Accidents (RoSPA), said: “We know of incidents when people have been seriously injured from these kinds of stunts.

“Let’s not forget these are explosives. They come with specific instructions about how they should be used.”

According to the charity, across Great Britain there were 138 firework injury hospital admissions in 2014/15.

While figures for Scotland show that there were nine admissions due to firework injuries in 2014/15, of which four involved under-18s with eight of the nine admissions emergency cases.

More than 5,200 people in England went to A&E for a fireworks-related injury between April 2015 and March 2016, according to the NHS — that’s an increase of 144 per cent from the 2,141 firework-related injuries reported in 2009-10.

The most common injuries treated at Bonfire Night gatherings are burns, debris in the eye from bonfires and fireworks and smoke inhalation.

In 2006 a man in Sunderland suffered serious internal burns when he tried to launch a rocket from his bottom on Bonfire Night.

Emergency services found the 22-year-old bleeding, with a Black Cat Thunderbolt Rocket lodged inside him.

He suffered a scorched colon but recovered from the incident.