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Startling Video: Michael Jackson Catches Fire

Horrifying footage has surfaced of Michael Jackson's accident on the set of a Pepsi commercial in 1984. Watch as for ten, terrifying seconds Michael is on fire.

US Weekly obtained the footage of the King of Pop's hair bursting into flames after the pyrotechnics for the production went off too early. In the video, Jackson initially doesn't seem to know he's on fire, dancing across the stage normally.

Once he realizes his head is on fire, he frantically spins in circles and takes off his jacket to fend off the flames. People then rush the musician to help put out the fire that leaves Jackson with a bald patch.

Michael suffered second and third degree burns from the accident. It was later reported that the music legend donated his $1.5 million settlement with Pepsi to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California where he was treated.

For more shocking pics of the Pepsi commercial accident, check out the latest issue of US Weekly, on newsstands Friday, July 17.

Posted July 15, 2009 10:07:00 PM
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