Burning tyre rolls into petrol station after falling off truck in China

Footage has captured the terrifying moment a burning tyre rolls into a petrol station in southern China after falling from a truck.

The CCTV video, filmed in the city of Yichun in Jiangxi Province, shows the blazing car part coming to a rest just inches from a petrol pump.

A petrol station worker runs to extinguish the fire immediately, followed by a number of other people.

See what happens in the video above.