Two hospitalized after Gwyneth Paltrow pussy candle explodes at Goop store, police say

Two Goop customers were sent to the hospital with burn injuries after a 
candle reportedly burst into flames at one of its New York stores.

Police said the incident occurred late last month during a small event 
held at the Sag Harbor location on 4 Bay Street. The two men who were 
injured told police that candles displayed throughout the store were 
allegedly filled with rubbing alcohol, “causing a large explosion,” as the 
East Hampton Star first reported in its police log. 

Upon arriving on the scene, police said they applied ice packs to the 
customers’ wounds. One of them sustained facial burns and was transported 
to Stony Brook University Hospital by helicopter, while another had welts 
on his ears and back and was taken to Southampton Hospital by ambulance, 
per the Star. 

Sag Harbor Village Chief of Police Austin McGuire later told People that 
he believed the allegedly alcohol-laden candles were intended to be used 
for roasting marshmallows after a Goop employee saw the method used on 
social media. A spokesperson for Goop confirmed to SFGATE that an 
"accidental fire" broke out at the "s'mores station" but denied 
allegations that rubbing alcohol in candles caused the accident. (SFGATE 
reached out to Sag Harbor Village Police for comment and did not hear back 
by time of publication.) Three children in Cheektowaga, New York suffered 
similar injuries last month after attempting to make s’mores using a small 
tabletop fire pit fueled by rubbing alcohol, which subsequently sprayed 
onto them. 

A fire extinguisher was reportedly used to smother the flames at the Goop 
store, McGuire told People. 

"I've been doing this for 26 years and I've seen a lot, but nothing like 
this," he said.

The questionable luxury lifestyle brand founded by actor Gwyneth Paltrow 
in 2008 operates four other brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles and 
Montecito, Calif., Hawaii and New York City. The San Francisco store 
permanently closed last July after a spokesperson said the company was 
shifting its focus to its e-commerce business. 

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