Students on the way to their school prom had an eventful start to their evening after a stretch limousine they had hired out burst into flames by the roadside.
Firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze after the Hummer limo caught fire as it was about to take a group of teenagers to their end of year event in Birmingham.
Shocking photographs show the burnt-out shell of the charred vehicle following the blaze, which was sparked by an electrical fault.
Other images show pupils from Shenley Academy posing in their suits and frocks alongside firefighters in the "one prom night photo they weren't expecting".
West Midlands Fire Service said they received several 999 calls alerting them to the fire on Wychbury Road, in the the Bartley Green area of the city, on Thursday evening (7/7).
