A have-a-go-hero saved an elderly couple by dragging them out of their burning car seconds before it exploded in a fireball.

Clive Jarvis, 38, was driving to work on Thursday (18/4) morning when he spotted the Renault Kangoo with smoke pouring from the bonnet.

The recovery driver pulled over to see if he could help but leapt into action when he saw it was on fire.

Clive managed to drag the elderly male driver and his frail wife out of the motor just moments before it was engulfed in flames.

Dramatic pictures show the burning car in Malvern Road, Powick near Worcester.

Clive has now been hailed a hero for his fearless actions.

He said: "I was just leaving home and I saw this car. I saw the smoke and I thought it was steam from the radiator. "

"I had a look underneath the bonnet and saw the fire. It was right by the battery, so it was the electrical fire."

"I just said to the couple 'if I were you I would get out as fast as you can'."

"They were out the vehicle, then they went back in to get some stuff. Then I brought "
them up there.

"The old boy went back into the car to get the belongings, I ran after him and grabbed him around his waist and pulled him out. "

"There was something in the vehicle he wanted, we all do it."

"It was the beginning of the inferno. We walked to my car and then it started. "

"The tyres went. It was only about a minute or two. "

"He wouldn’t have moved quick enough to get out. He would’ve been struggled to get out. "

"They were a bit shaken up. The old boy said it never happened to him in all his years of driving. "

"They were on the way to hospital when the engine started smoking."

Firefighters dashed to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze which completely destroyed the car.

A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crew from Worcester Fire Station was called to Malvern Road in Powick at 10.13am.

He said: "A car was well alight and the fire was fought by one firefighter wearing breathing apparatus. Two occupants were checked over and advised to attend A&E."

"The vehicle was checked for hot spots using a thermal imaging camera and highways were informed due to potential damage to the road. The incident was marked as pending closure at 11.35am."