A bizarre video has emerged that appears to show a man setting sawdust on alight in his mouth - without using any source of fire.

Liu Fei, a 55-year-old street performer and professional Kung Fu master, has been baffling passers-by with his strange ‘magic’ trick .

Liu, who works in Mianyang, China, can be seen stuffing sawdust into his mouth until it is jammed open, reports the Mirror.

He then makes several hand gestures and claps loudly before blowing smoke out of a hole in the middle of the sawdust - without having set it alight with a match or cigarette lighter.

Liu then picks up a fan and begins ‘fanning’ the smoke out of his mouth.

Amazingly, as he does so, flames can be seen dancing in the centre of the sawdust.

In fact, one man was even able to get up close to Liu and light up a cigarette using the miraculous fire.

Liu has told local media it took him six years of training to master the skill and he claims the secret is phosphorus in the sawdust.