'We've got to get away bubba': Horrifying moment mother pulls two children from her car seconds before it bursts into flames
- Horrifying moment mother pulls children from burning car caught on camera
- Catherine Mayes is lucky to be alive after her Mazda CX-5 exploded into flames
- She was having trouble with the car battery and bought a back-up battery pack
- When she pulled up to a park, the pack 'popped open and made a fizz sound'
- Within minutes, the car filled with smoke and she rushed to get her children out
- Seconds after she took the boys away from the car, it exploded into flames
The horrifying moment a young mother pulled her two children from her car just seconds before it burst into flames has been caught on camera.
Catherine Mayes, from Canberra, is lucky to be alive after her four-year-old Mazda CX-5 filled with smoke before exploding into fire.
Ms Hayes was having problems with her car battery so she decided to buy a back-up battery pack to keep in her car and jump start the engine when need be.
Catherine Mayes (pictured), from Canberra, is lucky to be alive after her four-year-old Mazda CX-5 filled with smoke before exploding into fire
The horrifying moment a young mother pulled her two children from her car just seconds before it burst into flames has been caught on camera
However, when the young mother pulled up to a park with her four-year-old and five-month-old, the battery pack 'popped open and made a fizz sound'.
'I quickly got Tommy out and as I was getting him out it exploded and let out a crazy amount of smoke and started to catch fire so I raced to get Hunter out,' Ms Hayes wrote on Facebook.
Seconds after she grabbed both her boys and ran away from the smoke, the car exploded into flames and was caught on nearby CCTV.
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The young mother's panic was caught on voicemail to her partner John Stasik, where Ms Hayes can be heard saying 'We gotta get away bubba' to her panicked children.
'I was just like autopilot, like I need to get my babies out,' Ms Hayes told Nine News.
Mr Stasik received the worrying voicemail as he was driving home and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the cloud of smoke.
Catherine Mayes is lucky to be alive after her Mazda CX-5 exploded into flames (pictured with partner John Stasik)
Seconds after she grabbed both her boys and ran away from the smoke, the car exploded into flames and was caught on nearby CCTV (pictured)
The battery pack is made by the brand Boxo and has a warning about not being left in the sun for too long
The battery pack is made by the brand Boxo and has a warning about not being left in the sun for too long.
But technology expert Trevor Long said it's concerning that such a high powered battery can have such a dangerous outcome when it fails.
Although Ms Hayes says the 'what ifs are overwhelming', she knows both she and her family are extremely lucky.
'I am so lucky that it happened while I wasn’t driving, and that I went into auto mode and got my boys out of the car and away from danger,' she wrote.
Mr Stasik received the worrying voicemail as he was driving home and couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the cloud of smoke
Although Ms Hayes says the 'what ifs are overwhelming', she knows both she and her family are extremely lucky
