Did you know that children's pyjamas will ignite within a couple of seconds and burn to ash in little more than a minute?
Due to a quirk in the law, pyjamas are not covered by the stringent regulations that nightdresses and dressing gowns are. While nightdresses, which are required to be flame resistant, will burn slowly, melt gently or simply self-extinguish, pyjamas turn into an inferno in seconds.
Sadly this happened to Daniel Mitchard-Harrison, a two-year-old from North Yorkshire . He suffered first degree burns to his legs and bottom and will be scarred for life. Now his family and their local paper, The Northern Echo, are campaigning for a change in the law.
Please see attached link to the Northern Echo campaign/petition on children's pyjamas.I have signed the petition myself & would encourage others to do the same for what is a very worthy cause.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/c ... /#petition
Due to a quirk in the law, pyjamas are not covered by the stringent regulations that nightdresses and dressing gowns are. While nightdresses, which are required to be flame resistant, will burn slowly, melt gently or simply self-extinguish, pyjamas turn into an inferno in seconds.
Sadly this happened to Daniel Mitchard-Harrison, a two-year-old from North Yorkshire . He suffered first degree burns to his legs and bottom and will be scarred for life. Now his family and their local paper, The Northern Echo, are campaigning for a change in the law.
Please see attached link to the Northern Echo campaign/petition on children's pyjamas.I have signed the petition myself & would encourage others to do the same for what is a very worthy cause.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/c ... /#petition
