BMW caught fire with baby and toddler in the back
- Family reveal how ‘death trap’ car burst into flames on a dual carriageway
- Around 268,000 UK BMWs have potentially lethal fault with exhaust cooler system near the engine
A mother of two has described her desperate scramble to save her children from the back of her BMW after it burst into flames on a dual carriageway.
Sara Longley and husband Stuart were driving with nine-month-old Eleanor and three-year-old Adam when their car lost power and smoke poured through the air vents, UK Mail Online reported in UK.
Minutes later, they watched from the side of the road as their BMW 3-Series – now the subject of a worldwide safety recall – was engulfed in flames.
Mrs Longley said: ‘It was terrifying. The only thing on my mind when the car started smoking was the kids, and getting them out and away from the car.
‘If BMW knew there was a problem and sat on it – and this caused the fire – it has put our lives at risk.’
Around 1.6 million BMWs around the world – including 268,000 in the UK – are affected by a potentially lethal fault with the exhaust cooler system near the engine.
Earlier this month the Mail revealed thousands of owners had still not been told about the problem, which affects 12 models manufactured between August 2010 and August 2017.
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