“Chicago Fire” actor Daniel Kyri claimed he nearly died after accidentally drinking bleach on the set of the reality television show, “Kid Nation,” People reported. Kyri was a child actor at the time that the incident reportedly unfolded in 2007. “Unbeknownst to us, the crew would have to sanitize certain areas where we ate and drank, and they put bleach in bottles that looked like soda,” fellow contestant Olivia Cloer told VICE TV’s “Dark Side of Reality TV,” according to People .

Kryi reportedly went on to detail the horrifying moment that he claimed he realized he had chugged bleach to VICE. Kyri told VICE the incident unfolded in the “early morning” while on-set , according to People. “We’re in charge of the saloon.

We’re gonna get in there and we’re gonna start our morning off right,” he reportedly said, as he recalled the moments leading up to the alleged danger. “I just grab this sort of faintly yellow liquid. It’s giving citrus.

It’s giving lemon, like it’s giving fresh,” he claimed, according to People. Kyri reportedly recalled he “unhinged my jaw, and it’s like, gulp, it’s gulp, it’s gulp.” NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 05: Daniel Kyri attends The Impact of “Will & Grace” 25 Years Later at Paley Museum on June 05, 2023 in New York City.

(Photo by Randy Brooke/WireImage) Getty Images He told VICE that he knew something was wrong quickly, People reported. “And then, a burning and fumes, the fumes that kind of ris.