What would you do? Car fire in lion enclosure......

This happened at a safari park in the UK this weekend.... A mother drove her kids into the park, entered the lion's enclosure - And then the car stopped and caught fire!

BBC News - Mother tells of rescue from Longleat lion enclosure

If i was in the next car i would have got the camera out

I'd drive a Prius in there, because if the accelerator got stuck, I'd be able to escape the lions at the very least.

Grab the camera, focus on the lions and wait for the action!

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

A car fire... In a lion enclosure. Hmmmm...

*ponders this*

At some point, I think, you just have to accept the fact The Universe has punched your ticket. Oh sure you have kids and what a fine person you are with lots of unfinished business and you left the coffee pot on and all that and gosh we're all very sorry, but... Your mortal coil has boarded the train to Eternityville, you see. No going back. Have a nice trip... Bon voyage and so forth. No crying now... Stiff upper lip and all that. Toodles!

...

Horoscope Fish said:

A car fire... In a lion enclosure. Hmmmm...

*ponders this*

At some point, I think, you just have to accept the fact The Universe has punched your ticket. Oh sure you have kids and what a fine person you are with lots of unfinished business and you left the coffee pot on and all that and gosh we're all very sorry, but... Your mortal coil has boarded the train to Eternityville, you see. No going back. Have a nice trip... Bon voyage and so forth. No crying now... Stiff upper lip and all that. Toodles!

...

Click to expand...

Yeah that pretty much summed up my thoughts lol !

Fire, or Lions.... Lions or fire...... Sod it, put the sport on the radio, light your pipe and sit back.....

If you get out.. Lions may attack you... I repeat May...but the fire will for sure burn you alive. So I would take my chances with the lions...

Get out. Wild animals are more afraid of fire then humans. If you can keep the burning car between you and the lions until help arrives, you have a chance.

Put the children out first to keep the lions entertained, then run off in the opposite direction. You can always have more children!

Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Reading the article, other witnesses did say that the Lions were concentrating on the fire, so yes I guess get out the opposite side... My favourite quote of the story:-
"It was a situation of - what do you do? Do you get out of the car because you're on fire? And they're telling you to get back in the car, so that was the dilemma."
Dilemma? Yes, that's one word for it I guess... lol

SteveH said:

Reading the article, other witnesses did say that the Lions were concentrating on the fire, so yes I guess get out the opposite side... My favourite quote of the story:-
"It was a situation of - what do you do? Do you get out of the car because you're on fire? And they're telling you to get back in the car, so that was the dilemma."
Dilemma? Yes, that's one word for it I guess... lol

Click to expand...

Oh sure... You *could* try to attempt to escape your car-b-que fate and take your chances outruning the Ghost and the Shadow... But that would just piss off the The Powers That Be; forcing them to kill you with a "freak" lighting strike... Leaving your loved ones a charred and smoldering corpse. Tres chic, mon ami!

Horoscope Fish said:

Oh sure... You *could* try to attempt to escape your car-b-que fate and take your chances outruning the Ghost and the Shadow... But that would just piss off the The Powers That Be; forcing them to kill you with a "freak" lighting strike... Leaving your loved ones a charred and smoldering corpse. Tres chic, mon ami!

Click to expand...

With my luck, I'd jump out of the car and get run over by the ranger's Landrover!

When we lived in Florida, they had a huge wild animal park that we had season's passes to, and it was called, Lion Country Safari. WHen you drove your car in, you went into different areas that simulated Africa....and the ones with the lions used to be allowed to roam free until a bunch of idiots actually brought raw steak in and tried to feed the lions. After that fiasco, the park's insurance carriers made them fence the lions into an enclosure. We got charged by a rampaging rhino in one area, and I had to speed up in our little Honda....to make sure we didn't get clobbered. It would have flattened us. The park was awesome though.

Some of the replies here. Really....

I have been to the safari park where this happened, but many many years ago - The biggest incident then was someone forgetting to retract the old style 70's metal radio ariel... the Monkeys made short work of that. They snapped it off then ran around smacking each other with it like a big whip

SteveH said:

With my luck, I'd jump out of the car and get run over by the ranger's Landrover!

Click to expand...

My fate would, most likely, involve a concert piano falling out of the clear blue sky.

....

In the 70's I drove my Triumph Dolomite through Longleat and the bloody monkeys started pulling the trim off around my fabric sunroof. Always leaked after that!

carguy said:

Some of the replies here. Really....

Click to expand...

a sympathetic bunch really

Cowleystjames said:

In the 70's I drove my Triumph Dolomite through Longleat and the bloody monkeys started pulling the trim off around my fabric sunroof. Always leaked after that!

Click to expand...

It could have been you that I saw! Seriously, 70's cars weren't made for safari parks at all.

Surprised no one suggested to call Scott. He would know what to do.