Temu has recalled a children's jumper after a girl was left with her skin "falling off" following a freak accident. Daniella Jacobs-Herd, eight, from Queensland, Australia, was wearing the unicorn sweater, which looks similar to an oodie, when it caught fire as she stood close to a fire pit. Sparks from the fire ignited her jumper, which "melted like a plastic bag".
The little girl, who has autism and ADHD, endured third-degree burns to her face and body during the incident in July last year. She now faces a decade's worth of surgeries. Daniella’s mother Hannah Jacobs recalled the terrifying moment she saw her daughter's skin melt away. Speaking about the ordeal, she said: "You might as well just throw an accelerant on her and let her on fire. That's how it looked. It was just melting.
"She was screaming. You can see that the product itself actually melted like plastic, like a plastic bag. Everyone, all the adults, were in quite distress because they had seen her skin just falling off her." Temu offered a voluntary recall notice, reports Nine News.
Daniella received the glow in the dark jumper as a birthday present from her grandmother. It was found that the jumper, alongside three other styles, failed to include the required fire hazard label. Her mother added: "How can this be in Australia? How can we have these products that burn children.".
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission confirmed four styles of the products were sold between October 2023 and March 2024. The recall notice says: "The product does not comply with the mandatory standard for nightwear for children. It doesn’t include the required warning label.
