Dramatic footage has emerged from China of a large car transporter on fire, with 18 cars destroyed.

The video, filmed in Suqian, Jiangsu Province last Wednesday, shows the trailer ablaze, while the cars on board are burned to shells.

It's not known why the truck burst into flames, but it's thought it was overloaded and the driver had been running the engine for too long.

The incident is still being investigated.

Shocking footage has emerged from China of a trailer on fire on motorway burning 18 cars loaded on it.

The video, filmed in Suqian, Jiangsu Province last Wednesday, shows a trailer loading 18 cars on it being in huge flames, while thick smoke is rising up.

Firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire with water.

According to local reports, when trailer driver Mr Zhou found that the trailer was smoking, he called police and used fire extinguishers to try to extinguish the fire.

But the fire started to burn the cars loaded on the trailer rather than burned down.

Two people on trailer were frightened and sent to hospital.

After initial investigation, rescuers thought the reason was because the trailer has been overloaded driven for a long time.

The case was still in further investigation.