KUALA LUMPUR: Four youths miraculously escaped a flaming car with only minor injuries following an accident on Jalan Mahameru on Tuesday night.

Operations commander Senior Fire Officer 2 Othman Abu Bakar from the Sentul Fire Station said in a statement that the youths, all males in their 20s, were in the car when it crashed into a wall and hit a lamp post along the highway near the Peninsular Malaysia Forestry Department Headquarters at around 9.30pm.

They were driving towards Jalan Istana.

Othman said the victims managed to escape before firefighters arrived.

Thirteen firemen from the Sentul and Sri Hartamas fire stations took about 12 minutes to put out the blaze.

All the victims were taken to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for treatment.-thestar