Video: When burnouts go wrong: Dozens injured after drag racing fireball

  • 04/09/2017

Spectators at a motorsport event in Australia have been treated for serious injuries after being sprayed with burning fuel.

Video of the event in Alice Springs shows the moment a burnout competition went wrong when a car sprayed a fiery burst of fuel into a crowd gathered metres away.

More than a dozen were seriously injured, including a New South Wales father and son - both of whom have burns to 20 per cent of their body.

Watch the video above

Newshub.