A videograb of the burning car.

Gulf Today Report

A video clip circulating on social media showed a heroic act of Saudi citizen Muhammad Al-Alit after he hurriedly steered a burning car out of a parking lot in the Al-Nour neighbourhood of Dammam.

In such a situation most people would have called the emergency services and then moved to a safe distance.

In an act of bravery and selflessness, Muhammad Al-Alit risked his life and managed to steer the burning car, which was yoked to another vehicle, out of the parking lot so that other cars would not be burnt.

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He managed to remove it out of the vicinity of an apartment building.

Muhammad decided to take things into his own hands and avoid certain disaster.