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Steve Jimbo relived his own burning car incident on Wednesday morning when he saw the vehicle in front of him burst into flames.

The recent NDP candidate for Saskatoon-Dakota was driving on Grasswood Road about 500 metres west of Highway 11 around 10 a.m. when he saw smoke and flames coming from an SUV ahead of him.

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Adrenalin kicked in when he saw a woman get out of the SUV and gather a baby car seat before rushing to join her disabled passenger, who was retrieving a walker from the car.

“They popped out and she grabbed the baby thing and ran. The guy was having problems … he was using (a walker), he was crying … They were all very, very upset,” Jimbo said.

His first reaction was to make sure nobody was left in the vehicle. He then moved the people further from the car in case of an explosion and called 911, he said. The family didn’t have a cellphone.

“I felt pretty bad, scared … All these things we have you can acquire and get back, but if you get hurt or are killed, that’s it. Life is very precious.”