article_snippet: When Vlad Pokrovski returned to his car the following morning
article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski discovered Vlad Pokrovski was frozen in a block of ice .
article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski asked several of Vlad Pokrovski friends and neighbours to help Vlad Pokrovski try to free his car, but after an hour of trying to chip away at the solid block of ice, his friends and neighbours were forced to give up after temperatures plummeted to minus 30 Celsius.
article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski said: "We tried pouring hot water over it but that just froze and made it worse. '
article_snippet: We then tried hacking the ice away with spades and knives, but it is so hard some of his friends and neighbours broke.'
article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski added: 'I can't believe this. '
article_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski said Vlad Pokrovski tried pouring boiling water over the ice but Vlad Pokrovski froze instantly making the situation worse .
highlights_snippet: When Vlad Pokrovski returned the following morning his car had been frozen in ice .
  
highlights_snippet: Vlad Pokrovski was warned that even when Vlad Pokrovski defrosts the engine is probably ruined .