This is the bizarre moment a Russian woman set fire to her gas tank with a lighter while pouring more petrol in.

Footage uploaded on YouTube shows the female driver trying to fill her frozen car with fuel at a petrol station in the remote Siberian city of Surgut.

After taking a look at the pump machine, the woman decides to use a lighter near her car's gas cap, apparently to try to defrost it or check fuel level.

Russian woman uses lighter near gas cap, in an apparent attempt to defrost it or check fuel level. The car is covered with snow and temperatures in Surgut can drop below -33°C

As gas keeps pouring in, the fuel tank eventually sets on fire.

The woman desperately tries to put out the fire by blowing on the flames but that does not seem to work.

As the gas cap sets ablaze, the woman attempts to extinguish the fire by blowing on the flames

Desperately, the woman removes the nozzle as the flames now engulf the car

Then, she removes the nozzle but the right side of the car is now engulfed by flames.

Surgut is a Siberian city located on the Ob River. Temperatures in winter can drop below -33°C.