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Three-year-old girl falls into hot-water manhole in S Moscow

The girl was having a walk together with her mother

MOSCOW, July 4 (Itar-Tass) — A three-year-old girl fell into a hot-water manhole on Orekhovy (walnut) Boulevard in Moscow's south on Tuesday, a source in the city's law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass.

"The girl was having a walk together with her mother. They did not notice an open manhole, and the girl fell into it," the source said. The girl was quickly pulled out of the manhole but she sustained burns of both legs, he added.

"The girl was rushed to the 9th children's hospital," the source said.