A Dundee garage supervisor has described the terrifying moment a car burst into flames just feet from more than 60,000 litres of fuel.
The driver of the red BMW pulled her car in to the Shell Discovery garage after engine warning lights came on but the car then burst into flames next to pipes connecting to underground fuel tanks.
Video of the incident shared with The Courier has been watched by over 65,000 people since it was posted on our website.
Supervisor Angie Clark and a colleague, who did not wish to be named, quickly switched off the station’s fuel lines, before diverting traffic and passers-by from neighbouring Dundee Olympia swimming pool away from the blaze.
Mum-of-two Angie, 38, said: “Nothing has happened like this to me before but the adrenaline just kicked in.“The woman parked next to the vapour release system. The next thing I knew, the car was on fire.
“I ran to get people off the forecourt and the other girl hit the emergency system to switch it all off.
“My first thought was whether there were kids in the car. I asked if there was anyone else in the car and she said no.
“I thought about my kids and partner as well, in case anything had happened.
“I told the woman to calm down. I said: ‘It’s just a bit of metal, it can be replaced’.
“If there had been a kid in the car or an older person, I would have tried to get them out.”
Angie continued to divert traffic and move on onlookers despite fears the blazing car would explode.
She said: “That was going through my head. Someone was coming out of the revolving door at the swimming and I shouted to tell them not to come out and to tell staff there was a fire.
“It felt like a lifetime but it was just minutes. Firies came from the bottom and under the tunnel. People were still trying to get in, but we stopped them.”
The garage was sealed off during the fire on Friday, while one lane was closed on East Marketgait to allow the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service access.
A spokesman said: “We received the call of a car on fire at 1.10pm at Shell Discovery. Two appliances were sent to the scene.”