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Michael Jackson's accidental burning during a 1984 Pepsi ad shoot unseen footage of Michael Jackson's accidental burning during a 1984 Pepsi ad shoot shocking new footage filmed in L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on Jan. 27, 1984 US Magazine has obtained and posted footage of the 1984 accident that left Michael Jackson with severe burns. Jackson was filming a television ad for Pepsi when he caught on fire The clip (watch above) shows one take where the pyrotechnics exploded as planned -- after Jackson descended the stairs and began performing with his brothers On the sixth take, though, things went horribly wrong: The fireworks erupted too early, igniting Jackson's head in flames. Jackson is at first unaware he's on fire, and continues dancing. Since MIchael's skin color was still normal at the time his scalp was burned, and, since skin trauma is sometimes the trigger to Vitiligo (confirmed by immunulogists), it is a good bet that the scalp burn was the major trigger. Of course, plastic surgeries, his broken nose when he was in his 20s (which required two surgical procedures as confirmed by J. Randy Taraborelli) plus scarring from his acne and lupus - are ALL skin traumas - and either one could have also been a contribution to his vitiligo