On your next birthday, think of the important lesson you learned when watching this video, and keep your sparklers (or other fireworks) clear of your balloons. 

It's not often that we here at entertainment.ie feel the urge to pass on important information about fire safety, but in this case we feel that it's out duty to inform you to never combine sparklers and balloons. 

If you won't take our word for it, then take it from this young man, who described it as "very stupid" after he was almost incinerated while celebrating his birthday. You could say he was almost blown away by the gifts he got from his family, but we won't say that. It's a cheap laugh, and we're about high-quality and high-brow entertainment, as you're about to see when you click play below...

Via Uproxx