Watch as binmen run for his or her lives after tremendous rat jumps out of trash mountain

Rats are plaguing the East Midlands city of Birmingham as new footage shows terrified binmen fleeing the scene after a giant rodent emerged from a massive mound of rubbish

This is the moment binmen run for their lives after a huge rat emerged from a massive rubbish heap. The footage from Birmingham comes as the East Midlands city is in the grips of a gruelling bin strike which has left mounds of waste all over the place.

CCTV footage captured the moment a giant rat frightened the life out of four binmen. The rodent’s sudden appearance caused all four of the men to sprint away from the scene as fast as they could.

One of the workers can be seen jumping in the air as the furry rodent scurried around his feet before all four men sprinted from the scene at lightening pace. In their bid to escape the rat, the men also abandoned the giant mound of rubbish they were clearing.

The horrific video also shows a second rat emerging from the trash heap after the men had fled the scene. The shocking footage comes as Birmingham’s top rat catcher revealed rodents as big as dogs are running riot in the city.

The porky pests have grown enormously tubby while gorging on garbage during the city’s ongoing bin strike. Will Timms, known as ‘rat man’, has been working around the clock trying to keep the beefcake critters at bay.

He said: “A rat can get really big on protein. I noticed it when I was working in town.

“People would chuck their kebabs on the floor, and the rats would eat them and grow considerably. I set traps and pick up corpses.

“I had one last week, and it was 22 inches long. It was ginormous.”

Almost 20,000 tonnes of trash are piling up on the streets of Britain’s second city after 400 bin workers walked out over pay and conditions.

Will, who runs WJ Pest Solutions and has only had one day off since the strike began, added: “The smell is vile. I was on a rat job this morning, and as soon as I got out of the van, I was heaving.

“You’ve got dirty nappies all over the floor, incontinence pads. You can smell rat urine in the air as well, it’s like strong ammonia.

“I was thinking, ‘How the hell can you live like this round here?’ It’s diabolical.”

Birmingham City Council declared a major incident this week over the public health threat. The issue was also raised in Parliament, with the government insisting it was “monitoring the situation closely”.

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