Liverpool Women’s Hospital explosion: Moment taxi blows apart seconds after driving up to entrance

THIS is the dramatic moment a taxi exploded in a fireball just seconds after pulling up outside a hospital in a Remembrance Sunday bomb blast.

Shocking footage shows the car driving up to the entrance of Liverpool Women's Hospital before stopping at the reception.

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Footage shows a taxi explode outside Liverpool Women's Hospital

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The car had just pulled up when it erupted into a fireball

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Hero cabbie Dave Perry locked the suspect in the car

It then explodes in a cloud of smoke and debris just seconds later as a stunned bystander watches on.

Shards of metal can be seen flying through the air and raining down on parked cars.

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What we know so far...

• A terrorist was killed and taxi driver injured in a car bomb blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital yesterday
• Hero cabbie Dave Perry locked the passenger in the taxi to prevent further disaster
• The horror is being treated as a terrorist incident but the motive is unclear
• Four people have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences
• The bomb was homemade and manufactured 'by the passenger in the taxi'

• Boris Johnson will chair an emergency Cobra meeting today

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Witnesses then rush over to the help as black smoke billows above following the terrorist incident.

Moments later, flames begin shooting from the shattered wreckage of the taxi as it becomes engulfed in a fireball.

Driver Dave Perry can be seen leaping from the inferno in a daze and rushing away from the thick smoke.

He was was injured during the Remembrance Sunday horror but has been hailed a hero for locking the suspect in the car.

His brave actions meant the male passenger carrying the bomb was the only person killed.

Boris Johnson today praised the cabbie, saying he acted with “incredible presence of mind and bravery”.

He confirmed he will chair an emergency Cobra meeting today on the terror attack.

🔵 Read our Liverpool explosion live blog for the latest updates

Armed police swooped on the hospital just before 11am yesterday after the blast in a car park.

Dramatic pictures showed the car on fire just inches from the main entrance to the hospital, where 30 babies are born each day.

Police confirmed today the horror is being treated as a terror incident.

Three suspects - aged 29, 26 & 21 - were arrested yesterday under the Terrorism Act.

It was confirmed a fourth man, 20, was held today by officers with all four suspects to be quizzed by counter-terrorism officers this afternoon.

Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson, Counter Terrorism North West, said the bomber was picked up in Rutland Avenue just before 11am.

He then asked to be taken to Liverpool Women's Hospital, which is around ten minutes away.

As the taxi approached the hospital, the explosion tore through the car and engulfed it in a fireball - killing him and injuring cabbie Dave Perry.

Police believe they know his identify but no details have been released.

Officers are still trying to establish a motive for the terror blast and said the investigation is "continuing at pace".