Horror as dad's new £29,000 Ford Ranger erupts into fireball on busy M5

Daniel Adkins, 40, was travelling to enactment with household members erstwhile helium saw fume coming from the bonnet and aboriginal said astir the incidental that he'd 'never known thing similar it'

A dada described the terrifying infinitesimal helium narrowly escaped his costly pick-up motortruck aft it abruptly burst into flames connected a engaged motorway.

Daniel Adkins, 40, was driving with his step-dad and younger member and said his Ford Ranger - worthy £29,000 - unexpectedly went into 'limp location mode' portion connected their mode to enactment connected the M5 successful the aboriginal hours of October 11. The men were luckily capable to marque it onto the hard enarthrosis earlier the vehicle suddenly erupted into a shot of fire.

Astonishing images caught the aggravated blaze arsenic fume poured implicit the packed lanes of traffic, reported BirminghamLive. Daniel, from Bromsgrove successful Worcestershire, said: "It was a 50mph bounds and the motorway was engaged erstwhile it abruptly felt similar I had mechanical failure."

He went on: "It seemed to lurch into limp location mode and I noticed fume coming from the bonnet. I managed to propulsion crossed 2 lanes and onto the hard enarthrosis erstwhile we noticed the flames." Recalling the strength of the event, helium added, "We each jumped retired and ran up the hard enarthrosis and past it conscionable went bang and exploded. I’ve ne'er known thing similar it. The vigor from the flames was truly intense."

He elaborated connected the adjacent call, stating, "If we’d been wrong overmuch longer we’d person struggled to get retired erstwhile we did." The electrical technologist was travelling to his occupation astatine the Heineken mill successful Hereford astir 4am erstwhile they faced the abrupt explosion. Thankfully, Daniel on with his step-dad Alfred, 68, and member George, 18, were each unscathed. Daniel, who owns an electrical contracting business, bought the 2021 registered Ford connected September 10.

He commented: "It lone had 29,000 miles connected the timepiece and was inactive nether warranty erstwhile it exploded. It conscionable went up successful nary clip and it started banging. You bash not ever deliberation it would hap to you - it was truly surreal. After the authorities of shock, it is hard to instrumentality in. Then it kicked successful astatine 4am the different greeting and I noticed however antithetic it could person been."

Following the incident, 2 lanes astatine junction six adjacent Worcester were unopen for hours arsenic occurrence crews battled the ferocious fire. Daniel informed that Spa Motors Hereford, the dealership from wherever helium purchased the vehicle, directed him to woody with his insurance.

Daniel, joined to Kelly, 40, said: "It was not my doing, and cars don't conscionable acceptable connected fire, truthful it indispensable person been a mechanical issue." He said that an researcher from the security institution is acceptable to analyse the car to find the origin of the fire. A typical from Spa Motors Hereford stated: "We are presently corresponding with the lawsuit successful regards to the matter."