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Helen Clements and her son and daughter were visiting the Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire, England on last Friday. While they were driving through the lion enclosure at the park the family car started to overheat and it caught on fire. At that moment the mother had to decide whether to stay in the burning car and wait for help or get out and hope the lions don’t come.

 

They decided² to get out. But as soon as she started leaving the car with her children the park rangers⁴ started yelling at them to get back into the car, which they did promptly⁵.

 

Luckily for Helen and her children, help came soon. While one ranger³ distracted the lions, another ranger drove up alongside the family’s vehicle and got them to safety. And it was just in time. Their car was completely engulfed⁶ in flames just moments after their rescue.

 

Afterwards, the mother commented on their terrible luck.

 

“Why couldn’t it be in the flamingos⁷ or the camels? But no, it had to be in the lion enclosure?”

 

Talk about bad timing⁸. I can’t think of a worse time to have a breakdown⁹.

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