Story By: Lee Bullen, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Newsflash
This is the moment German firefighters extinguish the flames on a burning Ferrari supercar after it caught alight while driving on an idyllic Bavarian country road.
The incident took place near the town of Lauf an der Pegnitz in the district Nurnberger Land in the southern German state of Bavaria on 3rd October.
The 51-year-old Ferrari owner was driving along a pleasant country road when smoke suddenly started billowing out of the vehicle’s engine.
The driver stopped the Ferrari and jumped out of the burning vehicle to save himself from injury.
He then had to look on aghast as his EUR-350,000 (GBP-317,545) supercar burned up in front of his eyes.
Firefighters arrived on the scene from the nearby areas of Dehnberg, Heuchling, and Simonshofen, but the yellow Ferrari was already completely on fire.
Firefighters extinguished the flames using foam and while wearing full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
The road had to be closed for several hours until the smouldering wreckage had been removed. Before that, the fire brigade removed spilled petrol and oil from the street, according to the newspaper Bild.
The vehicle that was reportedly worth around EUR 350,000 was completely destroyed.
The cause of the Ferrari blaze has yet to be determined.
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