Which is better: die in a burning van or be eaten by lions

WILSHIRE, England - When a mom and her kids
were visiting a safari park in England, the outing
took an unexpected turn when the family's van
burst into flames in the middle of a lion habitat.

Helen Clements and her two kids had to make a
split-second decision inside Wilshire's Longleat
Safari Park: stay inside the burning van or come
face-to-face with lions.

"You're stuck and you can't control and you can't
do anything about it," Clements said.

Other tourists in the safari park couldn't believe
what they were seeing, ABC News reported.

Clements said she and her son tried to get out of
the burning van, but the park rangers stopped
them.

"They were shouting at us get back in the (van), do
not get out the (van) and it's a situation — what do
you do?"

Clements said. The rangers rushed in just in the nick of time to
help the family escape.

"Literally as he opened the door we just jumped
into his vehicle," she said.

"(There's) always a ranger with their eye on the
animals and a ranger there to assist the family,"
Longleat Safari Park marketing director Alex Lloyd
said.

"That training kicked into action and all
worked well, so the first ranger stayed close by the
lions whilst the second ranger was able to relatively freely get the family out of the vehicle."

Everyone was scared but they were all safe,
Clements said. "Why couldn't it be in the flamingos or the camels?"
she said.

"But no, it had to be in the lion enclosure."