Pyotr Makarchuk, 2006 Turin Winter Games bobsleigh team member, briefly caught fire while carrying the torch of next year's Sochi Winter Olympics in Siberia and was luckily left unhurt.

A video posted on Russian websites on Thursday showed the left sleeve of the former bobsledder bursting into flames from what appeared to be a leak in the torch.

It's not the first incident happened to the Olympic torch. Another video earlier this month showed the flame exploding in the hands of a young woman who suffered minor burns.

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