The option to skip it will be introduced in v1.1 (the next update), along with some new endings
Instead of just having a flat out option for it to be skippable, I personally hope that there would be a catch to it, where using the lighter would skip the chase scene while using something like a knife would make the chase easier but that it would prevent the eye from being obtain. Which should really matter since there are two other places to obtain another eye.