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This was the heart-stopping moment a street performer's fire routine went terribly wrong in Belfast city centre.

The well-known street performer known as Logy Logan, was entertaining crowds outside The Wicker Man in High Street area of the city on Thursday night when flames engulfed his face.

Speaking to Belfast Live about the shocking incident, Logy, who thankfully wasn't seriously injured, explained what went wrong.

He said: "The Belfast Beard Co. were having their third Birthday party celebrations. They made a beard oil for me a couple of years ago and kind of sponsor me for stuff, so I said I would pop by and do a bit of performing.

"I had been working that day and this last while I've just been working a lot. Normally I do about a half hour show, but I took the whole thing down to about five minutes because I was just knackered.

"What happened was just at the top of my beard, a bit of fuel was still in it from a gig I had done earlier, and just caught fire. So it wasn't actually my face that caught fire it was my beard.

"I knew straight away what had happened and unfortunately all the little safety checks and things you usually do - I just didn't that night."

Shocked onlookers screamed as they rushed to Logy's aid, attempting to put the flames out.

Logy continued: "I teach a lot of people fire performing tricks so I knew what to do in that situation myself so the first thing I did was grab my jacket from the ground behind me and held it up over my face and then a few other people came up and randomly threw drinks trying to put the flames out.

"Some people aimed for my face and others just seemed to throw it in my general direction. After that I spent 10 minutes running cold water on my face and then I went in an ambulance to the Royal to get checked over as there was a lot of people very panicked about what had happened."

A very experienced performer having travelled all over the world showcasing his skills, the 29-year-old says this is the first time anything like this has happened.

"I’ve been on most continents in the world doing this sort of thing and representing Belfast and Northern Ireland at various events promoting comedy and culture.

"The funny thing is when I was in with the doctors at the hospital, the beard oil guys had given me oils and lotions to put on and the doctors couldn’t get over that despite the fact it was my beard that caught fire, it's still about 95% intact.

"Thankfully it was all superficial and it was just my beard that got the worst of it and the bright side is, I now have a few days off work to relax," he added.

You can check out some of Logy's incredible skills on his website.