Victorian paramedics have pulled an unconscious man from a burning car and saved the life of his passenger.
When ambulance workers Amanda Stolk and Colin Kicker responded to reports of a car crash in Dandenong on Tuesday night, they found two people inside a car with the back seat on fire and flames shooting from the undercarriage.
As Ms Stolk helped the male passenger out, Mr Kicker saw the unconscious man in the driver's seat.
"The flames were growing in intensity at that point," he said.
He pulled the unconscious man, in his 40s, out of the car by his arms.
"As the flames took hold we dragged him from the car to a safe distance away from the vehicle," Mr Kicker said.
It is not known why the car caught fire.
"It doesn't look like the car was involved in a crash, but the back seat of the car was on fire, and flames were shooting from under the vehicle," Mr Kicker said.
The unconscious man was taken to Dandenong Hospital in a stable condition.
The CFA extinguished the fire but the car was extensively damaged.
Mr Kicker said he was just doing his job.
"I don't see it as a heroic act. My job is to save people's lives if they're in danger and that's what I've done," he said.
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