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Lottie Gibbons

ITV This Morning Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield left red faced after John Torode starts fire

This Morning descended into chaos as TV chef John Torode accidentally started a fire during his cooking segment.

The Masterchef judge was on the programme, showing viewers how to make a homemade McMuffin when it all went downhill.

John was busy showing off his slices of bread to Holly and Phil when his tea towel caught fire on the hob.

Holly screamed: "You're on fire, turn around, turn around."

John sets fire to the tea towel (ITV)

Phil chipped in: "The cooker John, look behind you, you're on fire, fire John."

John, picking up the burning towel calmly said: "Thank you", before pouring cold water over it.

Holly said: "Oh my God are you okay? You were so calm about that."

To which Phil joked: "He didn't even know."

Viewers found the whole scene hilarious, with many taking to Twitter.

Dave said: "Only on this show could you cook a sausage and an egg and nearly cause a house fire."

Karen tweeted: "So funny John didn't know what was happening at first. Phil and Holly screaming at him."

And Cheye joked: "Does he possess functioning senses? Like he couldn’t smell that towel burning?"

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