Video captures moment a woman’s hair catches fire in a bar in Australia

Grace Leach was celebrating her 24th birthday when things took a turn for the worse. Photo / ethanvong, TikTok

An Aussie woman has gone viral after accidentally setting her hair on fire during her birthday celebrations – without even noticing.

Fitness coach and owner of Fit and Nourish, Grace Leach, was celebrating her 24th birthday last Saturday at luxury rooftop bar Arte in Maroochydore, a coastal town in Queensland, when the shocking moment unfolded.

After a bottomless brunch with friends earlier in the day, the group kicked on into the early hours of the morning, but unfortunately, the birthday girl was sent on her way home by 9pm.

Grace has now been recognised around town due to her new-found fame. Photo / ethanvong, TikTok

In the now-viral clip, which has racked up more than 46 million views on TikTok, she can be seen leaning over her cake to blow out the candles when her hair suddenly catches alight.

Four of her friends immediately jumped into action, quickly batting out the flames while she giggled, completely oblivious.

“I was so drunk I didn’t even notice,” she told news.com.au.

“Thank god for my guardian angel friends.”

The Sunshine Coast fitness coach said she woke up to hundreds of missed calls and texts the next morning.

“I thought I’d done something really bad,” she laughed.

“I had no memory of it at all.”

But instead of scandal, she discovered her hilarious misfortune had gone global.

“Her friends are real for putting it out with their bare hands too,” wrote one viewer.

“I aspire to be this level of unbothered,” said another.

“I wish I was as nonchalant as her,” wrote a third.

“I think it got so much interest because of how unfazed I was by it,” she said.

Her 'guardian angel' friends quickly jumped in to put up the flames. Photo / ethanvong, TikTok

Now dubbed “the hair girl”, Leach says strangers have started recognising her around town.

“My business’ waitlist has been extended until October as well,” she said.

Thankfully, Leach’s hair was “completely fine” but after all of that, she doesn’t even remember the cake.

Arte’s rooftop has since responded with a clip of its own, showing CCTV footage of the moment – even offering to shout her a few free drinks.