Moment dad’s new £29k Ford Ranger explodes into FIREBALL on busy M5 after he leapt out of burning motor just in time

THIS is the shocking infinitesimal a dad's caller Ford Ranger pick-up motortruck exploded into a immense fireball connected the engaged M5.

Daniel Adkins, 40, was driving his step-dad and younger brother, to enactment successful the £29,000 centrifugal erstwhile it abruptly spluttered into “limp location mode”.

He managed to manoeuvre onto the hard shoulder earlier each 3 men leapt retired the motortruck seconds earlier it was engulfed successful flames.

Dramatic photos and footage amusement the conveyance afloat ablaze with occurrence and fume billowing crossed three-lanes of the packed motorway.

Dad-of-one Daniel, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, said: "It was a 50mph bounds and the motorway was busy.

"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.

"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.

"If we'd been wrong overmuch longer we'd person struggled to get retired erstwhile we did."

Electrical technologist Daniel was connected his mode to enactment astatine the Heineken mill successful Hereford astatine 4am past Friday erstwhile it exploded.

Luckily, Daniel and his step-dad Alfred, 68, and member George, 18, each escaped injury.

Daniel, who runs his ain electrical contracting business, paid £29,000 for the 2021 registered Ford connected September 10.

He added: "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.”

Two lanes astatine junction six adjacent Worcester were closed for hours portion firefighters tackled the aggravated blaze.

Daniel said Spa Motors Hereford, who sold him the car, told him to spell done his insurance instead.

Daniel, who is joined to woman Kelly, 40, said: "It was not my doing, and cars don't conscionable acceptable connected fire, truthful it indispensable person been a mechanical issue.

"The security institution are sending retired an researcher to measure the car and find retired what caused the fire."

A spokesperson for Spa Motors Hereford said: "We are presently corresponding with the lawsuit successful regards to the matter.

"We person nary further remark to make."

A Ford spokesperson said: "The reasons for this incidental would request to beryllium investigated by the security institution successful the archetypal instance.

"Ford is consenting to enactment connected 3rd enactment investigations."

The Sun Online has contacted Spa Motors Hereford for further comment.