NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman who got burned during a bar trick as ``Great Balls of Fire'' played on a jukebox is suing the owners of a Manhattan barbecue joint where it happened.
Lauren Sclafani says she underwent surgery and skin grafts from burns she suffered when a bar at Brother Jimmy's BBQ was doused in 151-proof rum and set on fire. She says the flames burned her face, hands and clothes.
The 31-year-old says, ``I was just praying to make it stop.''
Sclafani was treated March 29 burns at a nearby hospital. She is required to wear compression garments on her hands because of her injuries.
Brother Jimmy's BBQ spokesman Ron Berkowitz says that the eatery is a ``fun, safe environment that people have come to know for 20 years.''
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