Smoker burned when she accidentally ignites hair
BUTLER, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say a northern New Jersey woman was seriously burned when she accidentally ignited her hair while trying to light a cigarette.
The 64-year-old Butler resident was in her apartment Saturday afternoon when her hair caught fire. She has severe burns on her forehead, face and neck and was flown to a hospital, where she was listed in serious condition.
Authorities are investigating.
The 64-year-old Butler resident was in her apartment Saturday afternoon when her hair caught fire. She has severe burns on her forehead, face and neck and was flown to a hospital, where she was listed in serious condition.
Authorities are investigating.
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No, my hair will be fine.
I wonder if she lived up to the New Jersey stereotype and had huge hair with lots of product?
That's what I call a Really Bad Hair Day
Back in the day before joints became an endangered species due to the little single hit pipes I singed my mustache more than once lighting a roach. Damn, what a stench burning hair puts off. Funny thing, I singed a little hair here and there, but how do some of these people torch all of it like this? Flammable hair products?
oh just think about  the smell of all that burning hair, cough cough .
I am so glad the government keeps subsidizing tobacco growers!
I knew smoking could be hazardous. But not like this.
It says on the side of the pack that smoking is bad for your health.
Perhaps she can use the time she will be spending in the hospital to quit smoking?
 @jpk sadly, even hospitals allow their patients to walk outside to a smoking section. OF COURSE THE HOSPITAL WANTS YOU TO KEEP COMING BACK $ $ $.
Just a bit too much hairspray residue?
When do people realize the health harm and dangers these things can cause?
Oen could say her hair "Went up in smoke" just because she had to have the cancer stick.
Cigarettes and lots and lots and lots of hairspray ... essentials for the Jersey girl. Too bad they don't mix well.
Maybe this is the wake up call for her to cease smoking. I doubt she'll learn. It wouldn't shock me to learn later that she plans to sue or something just as stupid.