A dinner among friends last Saturday (17) ended in an accident where flames erupted in Liverpool, England. Fiona Young, 38, burned her hair during a selfie when she bent over the table and unwittingly touched some of the strands of a decorating candle.
Speaking to the British tabloid newspaper Daily Sun, the woman said she did not realize that the object was close to her, so she did not bother to stay away from the candle while she and her friends were recording the encounter. The photo shows Fiona even moments before the fire started.
The receptionist at the doctor’s office explained that the woman smelled burning and reacted instinctively. “Even though it was very hot, I had to hit my head to put it out. I grabbed my hair to put out the flames, but it plucked most of my hair.”
Despite fear and being “lucky to be alive”, Fiona is now looking at the funny side of things. She told The Sun, “In the end, everyone laughed. I laughed, and I think if I had been shocked or upset, no one would have laughed or something. You had to laugh because it could have been so much worse.”
After the accident, the restaurant’s DJ decided to play Alicia Keys’ song “Girl on Fire” (Garota em Chamas, free translation) as a “tribute” to Fiona, shortly after she returned from the bathroom to brush her burnt hair. . “As the DJ clap [a música] played and everyone celebrated,” the woman concluded, showing that she did not care for the joke.
source: Noticias
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