A motorist was sprayed with a fire extinguisher after he refused to stop smoking at a petrol station in central China.

The video, filmed in Tianmen city in Hubei province on August 11, shows a worker picking up the fire extinguisher and spraying the man smoking on his three-wheeler.

The man then drove away from the worker to avoid the smoke but still did not put out his cigarette.

The woman chased after him to spray him again, forcing him to leave the petrol station.

According to reports, the three-wheeler driver named Li went to refuel his vehicle after drinking and forgot to bring his ID.

Li then deliberately lit a cigarette beside a pump and refused to put it out after being asked by the staff at the petrol station.

Li has been detained by police, reports said.

8 月 11 日晚上 7 时许，家住湖北省天门市岳口镇永兴庵村 66 岁的李某，喝酒后到岳口镇中石化加油，因其无身份证，无法用容器加油，心生不满，故意在加油机旁用打火机点烟，工作人员多次上前对他进行劝说，但他仍然不听劝阻，坚持点烟。
李某当时距离加油机仅两米远。为避免造成安全事故，加油站工作人员立即用灭火器对其喷射，并及时报警。由于受不了灭火器的喷射，李某将车开出一段距离。
但他仍然没有熄灭手上的烟，随后工作人员用灭火器对其进行第二次喷射，李某才将车驶离加油站。
李某在具有火灾爆炸危险场所吸烟的行为，已经违反了《中华人民共和国消防法》，警方依法对其处以行政拘留。