An actor had to be rescued after catching fire while performing a fire-breathing routine.<br /><br />The accident happened on October 13 in a village in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, India.<br /><br />Ramesh Mishra, 48, was playing the role of demon ‘Tadaka' in a play based on Hindu epic Ramayana.<br /><br />Footage shows Mishra filling his mouth with kerosene and spitting it on a torch. <br /><br />During the second attempt, his shirt on which he had spilled some kerosene accidentally caught fire.<br /><br />As the fire threatened to engulf him, he fled the stage followed by fellow actors and members of the audience who managed to douse the fire.<br /><br />Mishra suffered burns on his face and hands and was taken to a hospital. <br /><br />“It was an accident. I survived as I was rescued quickly and rushed to a hospital,” said Mishra.
