Halloween Horror

Claudia Winkleman speaks about her daughter’s horrific Halloween costume fire accident for the first time.

16:51 14 May 2015

Strictly star Claudia Winkleman has spoken about the accident that left her daughter with severe burns. 

 

In an emotional TV interview, she said that her daughter Claudia went up in flames after her dress costume caught aligt near the west London home last year. 

 

“I live in a square where all the kids get dressed up and we go around the square trick-or-treating…

 

“I bought her costume from a supermarket, she wanted to go as a witch so she had a witch’s hat and a cape and some stripy tights and a sort of long flowy skirt thing.”

 

“I was talking to somebody… and then I heard her shout and she was on fire…

 

“It feels like she was on fire for hours, but the surgeon said that it definitely wasn’t the case and it was probably just seconds… she went up, is the only way I know how to describe it… it was a spark and she screamed out for me.

 

“It was like those horrific birthday candles that you blow out and then they come back…it was really fast, it was fast, it wasn’t fire like I’d seen.”