Hero saves elderly couple by dragging them out of burning car from hiss rebirth of destroy ep 157 Watch Video

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A have-a-go-hero saved an elderly couple by dragging them out of their burning car seconds before it exploded in a fireball. <br/><br/>Clive Jarvis, 38, was driving to work on Thursday (18/4) morning when he spotted the Renault Kangoo with smoke pouring from the bonnet.<br/><br/>The recovery driver pulled over to see if he could help but leapt into action when he saw it was on fire.<br/><br/>Clive managed to drag the elderly male driver and his frail wife out of the motor just moments before it was engulfed in flames.<br/><br/>Dramatic pictures show the burning car in Malvern Road, Powick near Worcester.<br/><br/>Clive has now been hailed a hero for his fearless actions.<br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>“I had a look underneath the bonnet and saw the fire. It was right by the battery, so it was the electrical fire.<br/><br/>“I just said to the couple 'if I were you I would get out as fast as you can'.<br/><br/>“They were out the vehicle, then they went back in to get some stuff. Then I brought <br/>them up there. <br/><br/>“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. <br/><br/>“There was something in the vehicle he wanted, we all do it.<br/><br/>“It was the beginning of the inferno. We walked to my car and then it started. <br/><br/>“The tyres went. It was only about a minute or two. <br/><br/>“He wouldn’t have moved quick enough to get out. He would’ve been struggled to get out. <br/><br/>“They were a bit shaken up. The old boy said it never happened to him in all his years of driving. <br/><br/>“They were on the way to hospital when the engine started smoking.”<br/><br/>Firefighters dashed to the scene and quickly extinguished the blaze which completely destroyed the car.<br/><br/>A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crew from Worcester Fire Station was called to Malvern Road in Powick at 10.13am.<br/><br/>He said: \