THE Range has pulled some of its Halloween costumes from shelves after an investigation by The Sun revealed they catch light in six seconds. But parents are still being warned to check labelling an…
The Home Bargains dress held up relatively well against the flamesThe Clown dress seemed like a contender for fast burning, given it consisted of fluffy pom-poms, voile sleeves and a taffeta skirt.
While the dress caught fairly quickly and the fire had sustained within 32 seconds, however, the dress proved fairly resilient. It burned very slowly and went out a couple of times, with the firefighters attempting to reignite it. It burned out at 5 minutes 58 seconds.We approached all of the retailers feature for comment and they all told us that safety was their top priority and their costumes had been tested.
The Range said it was removing the remaining stock of the Spider costume from sale as a precaution, but added that it had undergone rigorous safety testing and meets all requirement standards including the BRC enhanced flammability rest. Tesco told us it had taken addition steps such as removing glitter from all its costumes and making safety labels bigger and more visible.Look for the CE mark in the label and be wary if a costume is incredibly cheap – if it seems too good to be true, it probably isThese should also be CE certified.
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