Firefighters from Rivelin station were called to a car fire on Sandygate Road in Sheffield on Sunday at 12:30pm.
An e-cigarette battery had caught fire in a coat pocked which was being worn by the driver of the car.
The fire crew used a hose reel to extinguish the fire, which was mainly to the interior of the vehicle.
A man, in his 20’s, suffered burns from the incident and was taken to hospital.
Firefighters left the scene at 12:45pm