A birthday wish in Germany almost came with third-degree burns after a family stuck fireworks on top of a cake.

The footage, now racking up views online, shows 20-year-old Askin Acar leaning over his cake while relatives set up what everyone assumed were standard sparklers. Seconds later, the room filled with flames and screams as the “candles” shot off like a pyrotechnics demo in the middle of the dining room. Everyone is running and ducking to avoid the flying, flaming shrapnel.

“At first I was shocked, me and my brother both,” Acar told NeedToKnow. “It felt a bit like a dream because I was not even thinking anymore, my body just reacted on its own like in a movie scene.”

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