A woman's hair went up in flames after she posed for a picture at bottomless brunch.
Fiona Young, 38, says she was "lucky to survive" after the incident which saw her smell something burning before instinctively hitting her head repeatedly to put out the flames. The mum admitted to having no idea that a lit candle was on the table when she leant forwards to pose for a photo while enjoying a bottomless brunch at a Liverpool restaurant on Saturday.
Despite the terrifying scare of being on fire, Fiona couldn't help but have a laugh about the drama once it was dealt with reports DailyStar.
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Fiona, a receptionist at a GP surgery, said: "It smelt like something was burning. I had to hit myself in the head to put it out even though it was so hot. I had to hold onto my hair to stop the flames, but it took out a lot of my hair.
"In the photos, you can see I'm leaning in to pose with my friends but I didn't realise there was a candle there.
"Everyone laughed in the end. I laughed and I think, if I was shocked or upset, no one would have laughed or anything. You had to laugh because it could have been a whole lot worse."
Fiona visited the toilets moments after the incident to pull out her hair and, upon her return to the bar, the DJ played Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys.
The mum, who is from Solihull, West Midlands, but was visiting friends in Liverpool, continued: "The DJ was cheering when he played that and everyone cheered.
"I was laughing. It could have been worse though so I was lucky really to survive. Seconds longer and it would have been a different story. I was so lucky.
"It was a bottomless brunch and it must have happened just as it got dark. It would have been a lot worse had we been more drunk, as thank God I had not had a lot to drink."
Further photographs show clumps of hair lost in the accident. They ended up on her table alongside massive smoulders of ash, which had fallen from her head.
Concerned staff at the bar removed the candles minutes after Fiona's incident.
The receptionist added: "Staff must not long have put the candles on the tables before the accident because it was only then getting dark. Then, minutes after it happened, they removed them all and took them away.
"It was not the best idea to have the candles anyway. You get a lot of fake ones these days for that reason. It could have been a lot worse. My boyfriend thinks it was funny but I've told him he wouldn't be laughing had it been seconds longer."
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