Love Island star Danny Bibby had a lucky escape after his £250,000 McLaren supercar exploded while he was still inside it.
Danny was driving his McLaren 720S at 30mph when the rear of the car caught fire.
The 28-year-old said he got out of his car to try to put out the fire when the vehicle ‘exploded in his face’.
He told his Instagram followers he was forced to ‘sit and watch his dream car burn to the ground’.
The clothing brand owner shared a video of his car on fire accompanied with the caption ‘How’s your Monday?’
The video starts with Danny stood in front of his burning car saying ‘Don’t tell me you’re having a bad day. Wow’
The video then cuts to a clip of firefighters trying to put out the flames on his already destroyed McLaren.
Just four weeks ago, he posted a picture of himself picking up his dream car for the first time.
Danny Bibby standing in front of the inferno after his McLaren supercar burst into flames
He picked up his ‘dream car’ just four weeks ago, complete with a personalised number plate
Danny shared a picture picking up his ‘dream car’ from the showroom just four weeks ago
The vehicle was left burnt out and destroyed once firefighters extinguished the blaze
Danny Bibby found fame on Love Island in 2021 before starting his own business
He said: ‘I was just driving at about 30mph, just outside Red Lion, and the next minute the car changed gear and the back end was on fire.
‘I pulled over, ran to the fire extinguisher. As I’m putting the fire extinguisher on, the car exploded in my face.
‘I basically had to just sit and watch my dream car just burn to the ground. Everyone just sat there and watched it.’
Danny added: ‘It’s pretty sad. Obviously, it’s a set back. I’m trying to switch it into a positive. I’m trying to see the positive in it but I’m not quite sure what that is yet.
‘But it’s happened for a reason but I don’t know why as yet.’
On his story, he shared an image of a new neck tattoo with the words ‘Heaven sent’, which he said he had got just ten minutes before his car caught fire.
Danny appeared on Love Island in 2021 and has since began running his own fragrance company and clothing line.
During his short stint on the show, Ofcom recieved 1,500 complaints after it was revealed he used the N-word in an old Instagram post.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire which had caused considerable damage to the car
He described what happened in a video to his followers on Instagram
He was forced to apologise both on the show and afterwards for his use of language.
Fans shared messages of support for Danny on social media.
One said: ‘The important thing that you are alive. New car possible to buy but not to buy new life.’
Another said: ‘The positive is you walked away from what could have been so much worse.’
