DRIVING HOME AT A SPEED APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH. BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE THOUGHT IT WAS ANOTHER VEHICLE UNTIL, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND OPENED THE HOOD AND FLAMES SHOT OUT AND IT THROUGH ME BACK AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE, THE HOOD SLAMMED SHUT. CALLED 911 IMMEDIATELY FOR POLICE AND FIRE THE CAR CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY AND EXPLODED. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO INJURIES. BUT THE VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR