A motorist escaped his exploding car unhurt despite bravely emptying his boot of butane gas canisters to avert an even worse catastrophe . Instead of running for cover , Tomasz Morawski , 34 , leapt from his burning vehicle , opened his boot and carried the explosive canisters to safety at the side of the road . With help from a passing motorist , he guaranteed the safety of other drivers who recklessly continued to pass his burning car , and that of firefighters who arrived to extinguish the flames . Spontaneous combustion : Tomasz Morawski , 34 , leaps from his car after its engine burst into flames when he stopped at a red light on his way to work in the city of Gliwice , southern Poland . Bravery : As other motorists try to get their vehicles out of the way , Mr Morawski and another motorist empty his boot of butane and propane gas canisters to avert a possibly disastrous explosion . Busy : The video was shot from a CCTV camera during the morning rush hour in Gliwice . ' I 'm just glad I was able to get the gas canisters out in time otherwise this could have been a lot , lot worse , ' Mr Morawski said . CCTV footage shows Mr Morawski 's vehicle quickly engulfed in flames after he stopped at a red light on the way to work in Gliwice , southern Poland . As the fire quickly spreads , he jumps out of the driver side door , pops open the boot and begins emptying it of propane and butane gas canisters . Fellow motorist Michal Bukowski , 29 , was quoted by Central European News as saying : ' I was going in the opposite direction and was waiting for the lights to change when I saw the car suddenly go up in flames with a massive whoosh . 'It was like it had been hit with a rocket . 'The driver got out and I saw him running back and forth across the road taking canisters to the pavement . ' I quickly dialled the fire brigade and then pulled over to help . ' As black billowing smoke filled the sky the two men unloaded the car as a fire engine pulled up . Vehicles continued to drive past the fire until emergency services were able to block the road . Emergency response : Firefighters douse the burning car as a vehicle arrives to block the road . Dangerous : Vehicles had continued to drive past until that point , even though the car could have exploded . Safety : Steam mixes with smoke to finally obscure the view of the CCTV camera over the junction as the fire is extinguished . Gliwice 's fire brigade said it would examine the car to work out why it exploded . A spokesman for Gliwice 's fire brigade said : 'We sealed off the road as at that point traffic was still going by and we had no idea if or when the engine would exploded . 'We then doused it with water ensuring the flames are well and truly out . 'We are now examine the car to try and identify the cause of the explosion . ' A major industrial and scientific hub , Gliwice is part of a wider metropolis of 2.7million in southern Poland called the Katowice urban area .
driver and passing driver brought the explosive canisters to safety . ' It was like the car had been hit with a bomb , ' an officer said . Tomasz Morawski was on his way to work when his car exploded . Firefighters in Gliwice , southern Poland , are investigating the fire .