Shocking CCTV footage has emerged from China of a driver setting a car on fire at the roadside apparently because the way it was parked was blocking his way.

The video can be captured on a security camera in Hubei Province earlier this month.

The driver returns five minutes after being blocked with a lighter and sets fire to the cover of the car.

While some residents later noticed and tried to extinguished the flames, the car had been destroyed before firefighters could arrive.

According to news reports, the black car driver said he got angry as he found the car in his way and decided to teach the owner a lesson.

He has now been arrested by the police pending further investigation.