Shocking video footage has emerged showing the moment passers-by refused to help a fatally injured young  man who burst into flames while trying to steal copper wire from an electricity substation. The unidentified South African, who appears to be in his teens, was seen with horrific burns covering most of his upper body following the incident in the outskirts of the city of Witbank in north-western Mpumalanga Province. With his terrible injuries clearly visible, the young man says he is in agony and begs passers-by to take him to the hospital - but he is cruelly told to walk if he wants treatment. The burns victim then walked to a nearby health clinic, where an ambulance was called - but he is understood to have died hours later. Scroll down for video. Fatally injured: The unidentified South African, who appears to be in his teens, was seen with horrific burns covering most of his upper body. He is heard begging passers-by to take him to the hospital - but he is cruelly told to walk if he wants treatment. The man died the following day. The explosive blast was also seen by locals at the same time as the electricity cut out throughout the Witbank suburbs. As they rushed over to see what had happened they saw the man smoking and shouting for help as he climbed out of the Botha substation in the city's Lynnvill suburb. According to the local council's acting municipal manager Theo van Vuuren, the thief had probably been attempting to repeat the success of an earlier theft at the same substation. During that incident electrical wiring was stolen leaving the areas of Lynnville and Ackerville without electricity. 'Today a thief attempted to steal and vandalise Botha substation, only weeks ago this same substation was hit leaving Lynnville and Ackerville without electricity,' van Vuuren said. 'The team has managed to restore power to Lynnville and part of Ackerville. After restoring power a cable fault emerged and this is affecting part of Ackerville as well as Thushanang.' He did not comment on the video footage of the young thief that appeared a short while later showing people refusing to assist the man as he screamed in pain and shouted for help. One eyewitness, who asked not to be named, said: 'The man came out of nowhere and was screaming, obviously in a lot of pain. His whole body was burned, the skin was left hanging off his body and some of his hair also burnt off.' Several community members came out to see why he was shouting but no one wanted to help the poor man. They were all staring at him,' he added. Video of the incident captures locals shouting: 'What were you doing? You brought this on yourself, what were you doing in the substation?' 'I am burning, I am dying and it is so painful, please get an ambulance,' the horrifically injured thief shouted back. According to the source, the man walked 500 metres to the clinic where the nursing staff called an ambulance. He was taken to a nearby hospital but is understood to have died the next day. The local police spokesperson colonel Leonard Hlathi said that they had not had any reports about the theft and the dead man's identity remains unknown.

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Young thief was horrifically burnt in the outskirts of the city of Witbank.
He begged passers-by to call him an ambulance but they all refused.
They said he brought his injuries on himself and should walk to hospital.
Man made his way to a clinic where nurses called him an ambulance.
But he is understood to have died at a nearby hospital the following day.
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Det har dykt upp chockerande videofilmer som visar ögonblicket då förbipasserande vägrade hjälpa en dödligt skadad ung man som brast i lågor medan han försökte stjäla koppartråd från en elstation. Den oidentifierade sydafrikanen, som verkar vara i tonåren, sågs med fruktansvärda brännskador som täckte större delen av hans överkropp efter incidenten i utkanten av staden Witbank i nordvästra Mpumalangaprovinsen. Med sina fruktansvärda skador tydligt synliga säger den unge mannen att han är i ångest och ber förbipasserande att ta honom till sjukhuset - men han blir grymt tillsagd att gå om han vill ha behandling. Brännskadorsoffret gick sedan till en närliggande hälsoklinik, där en ambulans ringdes - men han förstås ha avlidit timmar senare. Scrolla ner för video. Dödligt skadad: Den oidentifierade sydafrikanen, som verkar vara i tonåren, sågs med fruktansvärda brännskador som täckte större delen av hans överkropp. Han hörs tigga förbipasserande för att ta honom till sjukhuset - men han blir grymt tillsagd att gå om han vill ha behandling. Mannen dog dagen därpå. Sprängladdningen sågs även av lokalbefolkningen samtidigt som elektriciteten skars ut i hela Witbanksförorterna. När de rusade över för att se vad som hade hänt såg de mannen röka och ropa på hjälp när han klättrade ut ur Botha-stationen i stadens Lynnvillförort. Enligt kommunens tillförordnade kommunchef Theo van Vuuren hade tjuven troligen försökt upprepa framgången med en tidigare stöld vid samma understation. Under den incidenten stals elektriska ledningar som lämnade områdena Lynnville och Ackerville utan elektricitet. "I dag försökte en tjuv stjäla och vandalisera Botha station, bara veckor sedan samma station träffades lämnar Lynnville och Ackerville utan el," van Vuuren sade. Teamet har lyckats återställa makten till Lynnville och en del av Ackerville. Efter att ha återställt strömmen uppstod ett kabelfel och detta påverkar en del av Ackerville liksom Thushanang.' Han kommenterade inte videofilmerna av den unge tjuven som en kort stund senare visade människor som vägrade att hjälpa mannen när han skrek av smärta och ropade på hjälp. Ett ögonvittne, som bad om att inte bli namngiven, sade: 'Mannen kom från ingenstans och skrek, uppenbarligen med mycket smärta. Hela hans kropp brändes, huden lämnades hängande av hans kropp och en del av hans hår brändes också av.' Flera samhällsmedlemmar kom ut för att se varför han skrek men ingen ville hjälpa den stackars mannen. Alla stirrade på honom, tillade han. Video av händelsen fångar lokalbefolkningen skrikande: "Vad gjorde du? Du drog det här över dig själv, vad gjorde du i understationen?' "Jag brinner, jag är döende och det är så smärtsamt, snälla hämta en ambulans," skrek den fruktansvärt skadade tjuven tillbaka. Enligt källan gick mannen 500 meter till kliniken där sjuksköterskepersonalen ringde ambulans. Han fördes till ett närliggande sjukhus men förstås ha avlidit dagen därpå. Den lokale polisens talesperson överste Leonard Hlathi sade att de inte hade haft några rapporter om stölden och den dödes identitet förblir okänd. Skriv höjdpunkter för den här artikeln.
Shocking video footage has appeared showing the moment when passersby refused to help a fatally injured young man who burst into flames while trying to steal copper wire from an electric station. The unidentified South African, who appears to be in his teens, was seen with terrible burns covering most of his upper body following the incident on the outskirts of the town of Witbank in northwestern Mpumalanga province. With his terrible injuries clearly visible, the young man says he is in anguish and asks passersby to take him to the hospital - but he is cruelly told to go if he wants treatment. The burn victim then went to a nearby health clinic, where an ambulance was called - but of course he had died hours later. Scroll down for video. Deadly Injured: The unidentified South African, who appears to be in his teens, was seen with terrible burns covering most of his upper body. He is heard begging passersby to take him to the hospital - but he is cruelly told to go if he wants treatment. The man died the next day. The explosive charge was also seen by locals while cutting electricity out throughout the Witbank suburbs. As they rushed over to see what had happened, they saw the man smoking and calling for help as he climbed out of Botha station in the city's Lynnvill suburb. According to the municipality's acting municipal manager Theo van Vuuren, the thief had probably attempted to repeat the success of an earlier theft at the same substation. During that incident, electrical wires that left the Lynnville and Ackerville areas were stolen without electricity. "Today, a thief tried to steal and vandalize Botha station, just weeks since the same station met leaving Lynnville and Ackerville without electricity," van Vuuren said. The team has managed to restore power to Lynnville and part of Ackerville. After restoring the power, there was a cable failure and this affects some of Ackerville as well as Thushanang.' He did not comment on the video footage of the young thief who briefly later showed people who refused to help the man as he shouted in pain and called for help. An eyewitness, asking not to be named, said: 'The man came out of nowhere and screamed, apparently with much pain. His whole body was burned, his skin left hanging by his body and some of his hair was also burned off.' Several members of the community came out to see why he was screaming but no one wanted to help the poor man. Everyone was staring at him, he added. Video of the incident catches locals screaming: "What did you do? You pulled this on yourself, what were you doing in the substation?' "I'm on fire, I'm dying and it's so painful, please get an ambulance," shouted the terribly injured thief back. According to the source, the man walked 500 meters to the clinic where the nursing staff called an ambulance. He was taken to a nearby hospital but of course died the next day. Local police spokesperson Colonel Leonard Hlathi said they had had no reports of theft and the identity of the dead remains unknown. Write highlights for this article.
Unga tjuvar brändes fruktansvärt i utkanten av staden Witbank. Han bad förbipasserande att ringa efter ambulans, men alla vägrade. De sa att han hade sina skador på sig själv och borde gå till sjukhuset. Människan tog sig till en klinik där sjuksköterskor kallade honom ambulans. Men han förstås ha avlidit på ett sjukhus i närheten dagen därpå. VIKTIGT GRAFISKT INNEHÅLL.
Young thieves were terribly burned on the outskirts of the town of Witbank. He asked passersby to call an ambulance, but everyone refused. They said he had his injuries on himself and should go to the hospital. Man made it to a clinic where nurses called him an ambulance. Of course, he died in a nearby hospital the next day. IMPORTANT GRAPHIC CONTENTS.