Just days after being forced to flee his burning home after some late-night pyrotechnics that went wrong, Mario Balotelli has emerged as the unlikely face of a firework safety campaign.
Just days after being forced to flee his burning home after some late-night pyrotechnics that went wrong, Mario Balotelli has emerged as the unlikely face of a firework safety campaign.
Mario Balotelli
The 21-year-old Manchester City star, who scored twice in the 6-1 demolition of Manchester United on Sunday, has denied being responsible for setting off the fireworks which triggered Saturday's blaze.
But he has readily agreed to front a safety campaign warning children of the dangers of fireworks ahead of the annual British festival of Guy Fawkes night on November 5.
"The newspapers got the story wrong about me and the fire at my house," Balotelli was quoted by the Daily Mail yesterday.
"I didn't set any fireworks off, it was a friend of mine," added Balotelli, whose team face Wolverhampton in a League Cup tie today.
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