The family of a Queens bartender who suffered severe burns over the weekend during a fire show at a lounge are demanding answers after her skin was left bubbled and melted.

Adriana Goden, the aunt of 27-year-old Manuela Vergara Salazar, said her niece was working at the La Oficina bar located 93-13 Roosevelt Ave. at around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 23 when the horrific incident unfolded. She told amNewYork that a worker was allegedly performing some kind of fire show in the establishment during which he lit the bar on fire. Amid the performance, Vergara Salazar said she felt alcohol splash on her.

“She felt wet, and then immediately her hair caught on fire, and then her whole body caught on fire,” Goden said. “Nobody was trying to help her at all. A friend of hers, when he saw nothing was happen

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