Five men are being recognized as heroes after saving a man from a burning vehicle on a Mississauga highway that was caught in a dramatic video earlier this week.

Ben Sykes tells CP24 that he and his wife were driving on the QEW in Mississauga on Monday when they saw a moving vehicle on fire that eventually crashed into a ditch near the Cawthra off-ramp.

“I saw somebody with a car jack in their hand, heading towards the vehicle quickly and then started to hit the window. And so I guess at that minute, I sort of felt like well I got to help here. And so I jumped out of the car and, you know, just did what I could to try and help at the moment,” he told CP24 Thursday afternoon.

A video of the incident, tweeted by the OPP Wednesday evening, shows smoke billowing from the stopped vehicle as five men attempted to rescue the driver.

The OPP says the driver, a 36-year-old man from Toronto, experienced a medical episode during the incident.

The five men then jumped into action to help free the unconscious man from the rapidly burning vehicle.

Sykes, who was wearing a white shirt in the video, is seen kicking and elbowing the car window to try and free the man.

“...And then thankfully there was a guy in a dump truck, whoever that was, he threw a hammer out the window and I realized, okay, we gotta grab this thing,” Sykes said.

“And so I grabbed the hammer and smashed that window and we were able to get it open and just thankful that the timing worked out the way it did, it was literally the nick of time.”

The men then pulled the driver out of the vehicle to safety.

Sykes says the rescue happened in a span of about 30 seconds, before the vehicle burst into flames.

The OPP says the driver sustained no injuries and is alive today because of the men’s “heroic efforts.”

Sykes says he spoke to the driver yesterday.

“He obviously is thankful. I'm sure it's all settling in for him. It's emotional. It's been an emotional roller coaster for me this week. I'm sure it's been the same thing for him. So, thankfully he's in good shape, and we all walked away,” he said.

Sykes added that he went into “fight or flight” mode and just wanted to help a person in need.

“ I think there’s a lot of people out there that would do the same thing if they got into that situation. And all we can do is try and help other people and the world’s a good place despite all the stuff that’s going on right now.”