Drinker suffers severe burns after flaming Sambuca cocktail 'explodes' Young drinker suffered severe burns to her cheeks, forehead and chest She was given morphine at the scene and rushed to a specialist burns unit 'Freak accident' happened in Lola's cocktail bar in Manchester A young woman suffered severe burns after a flaming Sambuca cocktail 'exploded' in her face in a bar in the early hours of the morning. Eyewitnesses said the 24-year-old's 'face caught fire' in the 'freak accident' in Lola's cocktail lounge in Manchester city centre which actively promote their fiery drinks. She sustained burns to her cheeks, forehead and chest and was rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital's burns unit after being treated with morphine. Flaming Sambuca: The young woman, 24, suffered severe burns when the drink 'exploded' in her face in Lola's cocktail bar, Manchester. This picture is taken from the bar's promotional material Probe: The bar, in Manchester's Northern Quarter, have launched a review of health and safety policy following the 'freak accident' The management at the 'Miami-style cocktail lounge' said they are reviewing health and safety procedures following the incident in the early hours of Sunday. Flaming Sambuca shots are made by pouring the spirit into a glass over two of three coffee beans. They are set alight and the alcohol burns with a pale blue flame The flames should then be extinguished and drinkers inhale the fumes from the glass before downing it. The idea of the drink is that by setting it alight, the coffee flavour infuses into the Sambuca. A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust confirmed it received a report of a woman with her 'face on fire' at 1.54am on Sunday. Paramedics were at the scene in under five minutes. An ambulance service spokesman said: 'A female suffered significant facial burns.' Accident: The girl was injured in Lola's cocktail bar in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, in the early hours of Sunday Reports from eyewitnesses on social media suggested the woman was at the bar with a friend when her hair caught fire. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said they were investigating the incident. However, it is thought to have been an accident. In promotional material, Lola's bar have written that they offer cocktail-making classes where you can 'get a chance to make your own cocktails and learn about the history of each... even play with fire!' A spokesman for Lola's said: 'Following the recent event in our venue resulting in injury to one of our customers, we sincerely offer our sympathies for her injuries sustained. We have been trading for many years and have never had another incident such as this and we have revisited our health and safety procedures once again to prevent this type of freak accident from happening again.