Mum’s Range Rover ‘exploded like a bomb’ before engulfing her home in flames

It took hearth fighters greater than two hours to place the blaze out (Image: GoFundMe)

A lady has described the terrifying second she managed to flee her automotive earlier than it exploded like a ‘bomb’.

Lauren Griffiths, 37, was on her means again from work when the Vary Rover Velar misplaced energy.

The car all of the sudden caught hearth because the mum-of-two parked exterior her dwelling in Llwyngwern, south Wales.

She escaped however watched in horror because the £58,000 automotive was engulfed in flames earlier than they unfold to her dwelling and her neighbour.

It took three hearth engines two and a half hours to place the blaze out, however it was too late to avoid wasting irreplaceable household possessions.

Lauren mentioned she knew one thing was flawed when ‘blue sparks’ and ‘fairly a little bit of smoke’ began coming from the grill.

‘It was terrifying,’ she mentioned.

‘It was like a bomb had gone off’ (Image: GoFundMe)

The Vary Rover was decreased to a mangled mess (Image: GoFundMe)

‘I wasn’t in a position to swap the engine off both. I used to be urgent the beginning/cease button and nothing was occurring and there was a loud banging from beneath the bonnet,’ she instructed The Solar.

She added: ‘We watched on in disbelief because the automotive exploded.

‘There was particles flying in every single place, over folks’s homes. It was like a bomb had gone off.’

Lauren now claims Land Rover is refusing to take legal responsibility for the automotive because it was two months previous its guarantee.

She mentioned she ‘actually liked’ the automotive and had a full MOT historical past.

Lauren ‘actually liked’ the automotive (Image: Fb)

A Land Rover spokesperson mentioned: ‘Buyer security is our highest precedence.

‘We're conscious of the incident and we sympathise with Ms Griffiths’ expertise, the reason for which is but to be decided.

‘Now we have duly provided mobility to the client and are keen to help an investigation by the insurer – the method for which, requires the insurer to analyze first, to keep away from any hostile impact on Ms Griffiths’ dwelling and car insurance coverage insurance policies.’

Lauren mentioned she has been unable to ‘salvage something from inside the home’ and had misplaced mementoes from her youngsters’s start, akin to their hospital bands and first curls of hair.

Her neighbours have launched a GoFundMe web page in a bid to assist Lauren recoup a few of her losses, with greater than £2,600 raised to date.

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