A dramatic amount of smoke billowed from a Jaguar after it caught fire on a ring road.

Passers-by videoed the blaze in Ashford as the F-Pace model seemed to be on the verge of blowing up.

Smoke was sent into the sky when the car caught alight in Somerset Road at about 3.30pm.

VIDEO: Jaguar on fire on Ashford's ring road

It left the SUV stranded on the side of the road as fire crews rushed to ensure the scene was safe.

A fire engine arrived shortly before 4pm.

The incident came just hours after a teenage boy was hit by a Ford Fiesta while crossing the road nearby.