Fire Service Release Halloween Warning Video
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service have released a hard-hitting Halloween video highlighting the dangers of flammable fancy-dress costumes for children.
The Service is warning parents to keep their children away from naked flames and suggesting they use battery powered tea lights rather than real candles, as part of their Bonfire Night and Halloween safety campaign Treacle.
Staff from GMFRS tested the flammability of a range of Halloween costumes finding that some were engulfed in flames in just nine seconds.
The warning comes after the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) wrote to the Government calling for stricter testing of the costumes, which are classed as toys and not subject to the same tests clothes are.
Trading Standards Officers are carrying out spot checks on retailers across Greater Manchester and officers in Wigan have already removed some items deemed unsafe to wear.