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June 3, 2015 / 12:36 AM

Kim Kardashian's dress caught fire at the CDFA Awards and Pharrell put it out

The reality star says her dress, which was adorned with feathers, caught fire at the CFDA Awards.

Pharrell Williams, his wife Helen Lasichanh, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive on the red carpet at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 1, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

1 of 3 | Pharrell Williams, his wife Helen Lasichanh, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West arrive on the red carpet at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 1, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

NEW YORK, June 3 (UPI) -- It was Pharrell Williams to the rescue Monday night at the Council of Fashion Designers of America Awards in New York City.

Kim Kardashian, who was at the event to present an award to Instagram founder Kevin Systrom, tweeted afterward that her feathered Proenza Schouler dress caught fire.

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Luckily, Williams and his wife, Helen Lasichanh, were on hand to extinguish the flames.

"[Shoutout] to Pharrell & Helen! After the awards the feathers of my dress caught on fire and they jumped on me to get it out," Kardashian wrote.

Kardashian, 34, walked the CFDA Awards red carpet with husband Kanye West. Kardashian revealed Sunday in a teaser for Keeping Up With the Kardashians that the couple is expecting their second child.

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