A birthday girl’s hair dramatically caught on fire as she blew out the candles on her cake.
The woman was enjoying a photo shoot with photographer Dijana Szewczyk when the incident took place.
She was celebrating turning 30 with a variety of props including balloons and a sweet treat with real lit candles.
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Things took a turn as the woman slightly tilted her head – causing her tresses to catch fire.
A video of the incident has attracted almost eight million views and over 335,000 likes online.
After the flames catch the woman’s hair, thick smoke can be seen but to Dijana’s surprise, the model barely reacts.
The 36-year-old quickly rushes over to help.
Thankfully, the pair managed to put the fire out by patting the birthday girl’s hairhead.
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“I was freaking out,” Dijana, who is from Croatia but lives in Portland, Oregon, told What’s The Jam.
I thought she would die and the house would catch on fire and I went into a full-blown panic attack.
“She was super calm.
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“She said it had happened before and ‘It’s just hair’.
“I offered to stop the session but she said she didn’t want to waste the cake.
“It was her actual birthday that day.
“This was a first for me, and hopefully a last.”
Dijana, who has been a photographer for eight years, shared her video online, captioning it “The scariest photoshoot of my career”.
Many viewers were shocked at what had happened and some were even more taken aback by how calm the birthday girl remained.
Aria said: “She was so calm. I would have thrown the cake and started rolling all over the floor.”
Another person wrote: “It’s going to burn my hair’ burns the hair’.”
“As someone who has had their hair on fire it’s the scariest longest seconds of your life! Hope she’s ok,” commented Janine.
Jule penned: “As a photographer this is my biggest fear.”
Someone else added: “The way you were so calm, I could never.”
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