Paint truck inferno explodes on Russian highway

A man has been thrown 10m by the shockwave of a paint truck explosion that turned a raging fire into an enormous fireball that shot 100m into the air on a Russian highway.

Two people were left with when the vehicle carrying acrylic solvent caught fire on a road in Stavropol in Russia's southwest yesterday afternoon, Newstracker reports.

A passing motorist filming with a dash-mounted camera approaches as the truck on the side of the road is sending a large plume of thick black smoke into the air.

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Then the chemical load ignites spectacularly, turning an already raging fire into a massive fireball that engulfs nearby vehicles and climbs more than 100m into the air.

A man who was in a house near the blast was thrown 10m by the shockwave, suffering a concussion and second degree burns.

Another person was injured in the explosion.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.