BURLESON, Texas (WTHR) - A Texas woman has a warning for everyone who lights a candle after a frightening experience when she tried to blow out a flame.
Ashley Brawley says she lit a three-wick candle from Bath & Body Works, then went about her day. When she smelled something burning, she went to the living room to investigate and found a six-inch flame rising from the candle.
"That's when I saw the candle. It was in flames," she told NBC DFW in Dallas. "I blew on it about three or four times and the last time I blew, it just went all up in my face...I immediately started screaming."
The terrifying accident was caught on the family's home security camera. Brawley's husband, Cody, posted the video to Facebook.
(WARNING: Some may find the video disturbing.)
Ashley suffered first- and second-degree burns on her face. Her husband says the flame "engulfed her face," which was also splashed with hot wax.
"My whole face was throbbing and it was burning," Ashley said.
Cody says his wife is "doing okay," but the family has learned several lessons about the popular candles through their ordeal.
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A warning on the candle says it should not be burned for more than 3-4 hours at a time. The home security video shows the Brawleys' candle had been lit for three hours and 20 minutes. Still, Cody Brawley says the couple took care to maintain the candle, including trimming the wick after each use.
"We've done everything that any normal, sane person would do and that's what happened and it scares me to death," he said.
The couple also learned that water was the wrong choice to extinguish the flame.
"Embarrassing as it is, I put water on it and it [the flames grew larger] you know and apparently you don't do that," Cody said. "After reading the bottom [of the candle] it does tell you that... The thing was burning hot so I grabbed the oven mitts and walked outside and hit it with the water hose."
He said when he sprayed it with the hose, the candle exploded into several pieces.
Bath & Body Works says they're investigating the case and have reached out to the Brawleys.
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Ashley hopes others will learn to use caution with candles after hearing about her painful experience.
"It's hard, but it'll get better," she said.
NBC DFW investigated the candle on saferproducts.gov and found several complaints from users who say the flame grew higher than normal, but the candle was not part of a recall.
