By Adam Dutton

This is the moment a clumsy arsonist suffered instant karma when he set himself on fire while torching a car.

Drug dealer Tony James, 34, doused a blue Mazda with an accelerant before setting it alight in Corby, Northants.

(Northamptonshire Police via SWNS) By Talker

A security camera captured the moment the bungling criminal went up in flames during the botched attack on February 19 this year.

Footage shows James casually walking up to the parked car on Fotheringhay Road in the early hours of the morning.

He is seen splashing flammable liquid over the bonnet and roof before crouching by the back wheel and flicking a lighter.

At that moment, he is engulfed in a fireball and flees the scene with significant burns.

The fire damage to the car. (Northamptonshire Poli

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