“We couldn’t put her out. Her tights had melted into her skin. She went up, is the only way I know how to describe it. It was not like fire I had seen before. "I wish that I had been dressed as the witch, that it happened to me.”The devastated mum said her little girl suffered "life changing, not life defining" injuries, but her regrets over the incident continue to haunt her:
“I wish that I had made her dress in… Pyjamas, cotton, something like that." she said.“I don’t want another eight year old to go through what Tilda went through.
"If next Halloween I stop a few people, [if they say] ‘let’s not put them in that near a naked flame’, that would be amazing. That is why I am here.”
The NSAI advised parents to check for safety labels and markings when shopping for Halloween costumes and accessories. Maurice Buckley, Chief Executive of the NSAI says:
“Consumers should look out for safety standard labels on their Halloween costumes, props and toys, such as “flame resistant” and the CE mark. Both of these labels show that the manufacturer has complied with national and international standards.
The label doesn’t mean that these items won't catch fire, but it does indicate that they will resist burning and they should extinguish quickly once you get them away from the fire source,” Mr Buckley added.
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