*A drunk driver who soaked a traffic cop in gasoline and set him on fire has been seized by police in Russia.

Shocking police bodycam footage of the drama emerged after what had begun as a routine traffic stop turned into a grim human inferno.

The footage begins with a traffic cop checking the documents of a bare-chested driver who was suspected of drunk driving.

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But as officers were writing out a ticket, the 42-year-old driver opened the car trunk and pulled out a can of gas.https://www.youtube.com/embed/SxOWVsAMraM?rel=0

While the officers were drawing up the fine, the car owner took out a canister of gasoline from the boot and reportedly tried to pour it over his vehicle.

But he was stopped from doing so by the police officers, one of whom can be seen catching fire after being doused in the flammable liquid, with the suspect allegedly igniting it.

As he struggled with the 33-year-old officer, he apparently set off a lighter, igniting gas that had splashed over the policeman’s arms and torso.

The shocking footage shows the officer fully ablaze as he struggles to put out the fire while the driver attempts to flee.

It ends with the driver forced up against a wall, apparently under arrest.

The gruesome attack took place in the village of Yumaguzino, in the Kuyurgazinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan, in south-western Russia.

Source: Cop Blaze Horror: Officer Doused in Gasoline and Set on Fire by Drunk Driver | WATCH