Mother, 27, dies in freak accident after candle sets fire to robes during church procession

Oluwabukola Adeyemo, 27, was engulfed in flames in front of horrified worshippers who ran to her side in a desperate bid to put out the fire. She died seven weeks after being admitted to hospital

A young mother died when her robes caught fire as she brushed over a candle laid on the floor during a church procession.
Oluwabukola Adeyemo, 27, was engulfed in flames in front of horrified worshippers who ran to her side in a desperate bid to put out the fire.
But they were unable to save the fashion student and keen churchgoer who later died of her injuries in hospital.
When paramedics arrived at the church in Leyton, East London, they found the mother-of-one with burns to her whole body and skin hanging from her face and arms. She had been on fire for two minutes.