TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler family escaped without injury after their vehicle caught fire on the interstate July 12 while driving home from a Florida vacation, but the blaze destroyed everything inside - including a prosthetic arm the father depends on for daily tasks.

Zach, his wife Samantha, their 6-year-old son Wyatt, and 13-year-old niece Zoey were on the road when other drivers on the interstate flagged them down."If those people on the interstate did not flash their lights at me or wave at me or anything like that, there's no telling what would have happened," Zach said.

Community rallies to help family recover after roadside emergency on return trip from Florida(April Pierdant)'A ticking time bomb'The family had been returning from a three-week trip when the fire broke out."It's just crazy to think that the car was a ticking time bomb," Zach said.