This is the dramatic moment a car erupted into flames at Gatwick Airport this afternoon. Video footage captures the car smoking as it waits at an exit barrier – before it quickly catches fire and becomes engulfed in flames.

Explosions can be heard as the tyres burst – and the car soon becomes completely destroyed. A witness to the incident said the car – which appears to be a dark-coloured Volkswagen – pulled up to the exit barrier in Car Park 6 and “started smoking”. The driver of a nearby…