8yo girl suffers horrific burns after Temu item catches fire in Queensland

An eight-year-old girl has been left with horrific injuries to her face and body due to a knock-off of a popular item reportedly purchased on Temu.

A young girl has been left with horrific burns to her face and body after a knock-off of a popular Aussie product reportedly purchased on Temu caught fire and “melted to her skin”.

Daniella Jacobs-Herd, 8, from Queensland, was celebrating her mum’s birthday around a backyard fire pit on July 13 when a gust of wind caused the hooded blanket she was wearing to catch alight.

“It melted to her skin, she also suffered burns to her face,” her mother Hannah Jacobs wrote on GoFundMe.

Daniella was quickly rushed to the shower as her skin began “falling off” and her mother called triple-0.

The young girl suffered burns to 13 per cent of her body, including third-degree burns to her arm and chest.

A gust of wind caused the hooded blanket Daniella was wearing to catch alight. Picture: GoFundMe

The eight-year-old was left with burns to 13 per cent of her body. Picture: GoFundMe

Daniella, who has autism and ADHD, was flown to Hervey Bay Hospital where she has undergone 15 procedures in under eight weeks.

The eight-year-old is also positive for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an infection caused by a type of staph.

Ms Jacobs said recovery has been confronting for her daughter who is only now starting to process her burns, as well as the trauma from the incident.

“She’s had moments where she’s been ripping chunks of skin off,” she told the Daily Mail.

“She’ll sit there and hold my hand so she doesn’t scratch, but then she’ll scratch and you’ll get handfuls of flesh and blood. It’s been very, very overwhelming.

“She’s been dosed out on painkillers so she doesn’t remember it, but it’s very overwhelming to have chunks of flesh in your hand at one in the morning.”

Daniella has undergone 15 procedures in less than eight weeks. Picture: GoFundMe

She suffered third-degree burns to her arm and chest. Picture: GoFundMe

The mother-of-two said her daughter was gifted a lilac-coloured hooded blanket - a knock-off of the popular product from Australian brand Oodie - from online Chinese retailer, Temu, for her birthday.

After speaking to other parents in the burns unit at the hospital, Ms Jacobs claimed there are “so many kids who get burnt every month from (items purchased from) cheap brands”.

“They don’t say anything about them being so highly flammable, they just say not to put them in the dryer.”

She urged parents to throw out any cheap dressing gowns, stressing: “It’s not worth the trauma, throw it in the bin.”

Daniella was gifted a cheap hooded blanket for her birthday. Picture: GoFundMe

The family are currently staying at the Ronald McDonald House to be close to Daniella but are struggling with rent and medical costs.

A GoFundMe has been set up to raise funds to support the family.

In a statement to news.com.au, Temu expressed sympathies to the family and said it was committed to undertaking a “thorough investigation”.

“We are deeply saddened to hear about the accident involving Daniella and extend our heartfelt sympathies to her and her family during this difficult time. We want to assure them that we are taking this matter very seriously,” a spokesperson said.

“Even though we have not yet received the purchase order details, we have already initiated an internal investigation. Our teams are actively reviewing product listings and seller records related to the type of product involved in the incident.”

News.com.au has contacted Ms Jacobs for comment.