following yesterday's scary experience. >> nbc 10 went down to bridgeton to talk with him. south jersey bureau reporter cydney long has the story. >> reporter: it's a fire that had restaurant patrons on the edge of their seats taking this cell phone video. it was 85-year-old charlie flowers behind the wheel. >> i didn't know what but i knew something was wrong. >> reporter: he was just going to have lunch thursday. >> i could see steam coming from under the hood. >> reporter: and says he could smell the smoke. >> i saw it. didn't know what was all about. they said you better get out of there. they helped me out. >> reporter: it was the waitress that got to charlie. from the window, she said she could see smoke coming out of charlie's car. she recognized him as a regular customer and ran out here. in the nick of time. >> it was really dangerous. i thought that the car might explode. >> reporter: charlie relies on a cane but got out moments before his newly leased chevy impala lit up...