Lisa's car fully ablaze moments after she pulled her baby son from it.
A mother pulled her baby son from the back seat of her car moments before it burst into flames.
Lisa Taperek, from Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, was on her way to collect her mother before picking up her six-year-old daughter from school in a second-hand Vauxhall Zafira B.
As she pulled into her mother's driveway the car began to belch smoke from the engine bay, prompting her frantic rescue of her son from his car seat.
These dramatic pictures show the blazing car moments after Lisa pulled her infant son out of the vehicle
Lisa's ordeal comes after two women from Devon prompted an investigation from Vauxhall after their own cars caught fire last month.
The pair started a Facebook page and say already hundreds of people have been touch with similar experiences.
people told the Devon pair that they owned a Vauxhall Zafira which spontaneously caught fire
In a statement, car giant Vauxhall says that it is aware of the problem and it has launched an investigation.
We are aware of reports concerning vehicle fires involving right-hand drive versions and have begun a internal investigations to determine the root causes of these fires.
The safety of our customers is our number one priority.
– Vauxhaull cars
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