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Watch: Family battles towering blaze from 80 candles on grandmother's birthday cake

By Chris Williams
Published  September 8, 2024 8:26pm EDT
Lifestyle
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Family's 80-candle birthday cake for grandma sparks blazing inferno

A family in Highland, Illinois, unintentionally set off a towering blaze with 80 candles on a grandmother's birthday cake, struggling to extinguish it, as shown in footage posted on TikTok.

The Brief 

    • Illinois family battles unexpected blaze from 80 birthday candles on grandmother's cake.
    • Deaf grandmother hilariously reacts as family scrambles to extinguish the flames.

HIGHLAND, Ill. - An Illinois family did everything they could to put out the fire on top of a birthday cake after the 80 lit candles refused to go out. 

The cake was for the grandmother's 80th birthday. The 80 candles accidentally created a towering blaze. 

Madison Noeltner captured the footage that showed multiple families repeatedly trying to blow the candles out, after the frightened grandmother tried first. 

A grandmother tried to blow out the 80 candles on her birthday cake. (Credit: Madison Noeltner via Storyful)

 At one point, they wanted to pour a liquid on top of the cake, but then decided against it. 

Finally, they decided to put a plate on top of the candle ot extinguish the flames. 

Noeltner told Storyful that as her grandmother is deaf and "could not hear us screaming around her," but that she "reacted hilariously."

The Source

  • The details and video for this story was provided by Storyful, which obtained the information from  Madison Noeltner of Illinois. This story was reported from Los Angeles.