Hot Wheels: Man uses ‘mighty steel leg’ to kick away flaming tire

It was just another Wednesday morning at the garage, with CCTV footage posted online showing a man getting into his white van. Totally normal.

Then came the flaming tire.

The rolling ring of fire went down, down, down… the pavement, straight for the van — and then the flames got higher.

Fortunately, a quick-thinking passerby came to the rescue and kicked the burning tire away from the van, leaving a trail of flames in its path.




The clip then shows the white van driving away from the scene and a few men running out of the garage, equipped with a fire hose and a fire extinguisher, putting out the flames on the burning tire.

Just under two minutes into the video, staff can be seen pulling out a white car from the garage, hosing it down and putting out a flame from its undercarriage.

According to Apple Daily, the incident took place at around 10am yesterday morning at a garage in Wang Yip Street West in Yuen Long.

Unfortunately, we may never know exactly how the car caught fire; reporters from the newspaper were sent to the garage to find out what happened, but were turned away by staff.

Miraculously, no one was injured, not even the heroic passer-by who kicked away the burning tire. Could he be the real “Mighty Steel Leg” from the Stephen Chow hit Shaolin Soccer?




 



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