Christmas Tree Fire

[siktwistofFATE89]

Fuk real trees u gota buy one every year stick wita fake one it last forever an it wont burn ur house down in two damn minutes

[pinkrealvalentines]

ho my gooshies!!!



[ikd900]

the tree made of gasoline im joking

[B1SCOOP]

I wonder if mine will start burning, even if it stands in small bucket of water.

[M249airsoft]

Run Santa run!!!!!!

[satefaka]

lampada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! kalo pasxa! :P

[planetrockford]

Ho Ho holy shit

[AruVnd]

fake.

[ZenithFlame]

@AruVnd Lol! It's a corner test. ;)

[anEM0panda]

so thats what satan looks like O.o

[brickulater]

I always water our Christmas tree, but for extra precaution I bought LED Christmas lights it's good for electricity costs and they don't get hot.

[P71CVPI07AZ]

Xmas tree water tastes good ! 

[TheWaynelds]

@P71CVPI07AZ bong water is better.

[objectionablechione]

Aaaaand this is why I have a fake tree.

[AmDrag5]

Moral of the story? Whoever decided to bring a tree into the house and put eletrical lights and candles on/next to a dying pine tree (which is very soft wood) was a fucking retard.

[301whitehall]

My reaction went from "Wow..." to "Shit!" in just under 30 seconds.

[berkanengin]

Holy shit it doubled in size everytime I blinked. 

[Millitaryman22]

This vid is going 2 b sooo heartbreaking for any kid watching this and Cing the bunny on fire

[imaferretmaster]

One breath and you'd be dead

[sgttweeter0910]

That throws the whole fire doubles in size every two minutes thing right out the window haha wow cool video

[shaman7161981]

saw this clip up at fire school when I went through basic fire skills

[warcraft4fun]

NOOOOOOO BUNNYYYYYYYYY

[beebo5king1988]

Maybe that candle wasnt a good gift choice

[MySnaz]

SCARY!!!!!

[durtastic007]

santa was in their.. he brought coal,how ironic

[25PattyCake25]

HO HO HO, MERRY CHRISTMASSSS.

[caymanhope]

As a professional safety engineer with over 35 years of experience in the health and safety industry, I can inform the skeptics that this is no fake. There are three things that can create a fire storm: 1.)Combustible material, the dry Christmas tree, 2.) An ignition source: ie. a shorted light string, a broken bulb socket with a short, a spark etc. 3.)Oxygen: air in the room + the overall humidity of the room. Its real and it's a killer. Smoke inhalation is the killer in most fires.

[DharokDude]

@caymanhope Yo i inhale smoke errday and im cool.

[luismotavation]

I had to stop watching when the bunny caught fire! RIP bunny.

[The80033]

HOLY SHIT I GOT SO SCARED THAT I LAYED AN EGG!

[hunterlegoking]

is that tree made of gasoline??

thats dam crazy!!

[LilKevUK]

How is that fake??? Why would you fake it???

[TerrorTrooperM]

@kyanna7787 umm.. no.. lol..

What makes you say that??

Simply because you dont understand something doesnt mean it doesnt exist..

[kyanna7787]

@TerrorTrooperM im not thick keep ur ideas to urself this is just what i think

[daveh013]

my dad always made us water the tree

[dxk2007]

You killed Santa!

[xiaoboy222]

close your eyes, now count to 50. ok open your eyes. your room is gone =)

[hyperbaricchicken101]

Oop I forgot to water the tree. NOW MY HOUSE IS ON FIRE!!!!!

[tireroaster17]

why did it not flash

[amliske]

@tireroaster17

It did, but not to the extent that it was noticeable, you can see a large amount of off gassing form the floor, furniture and others that ignites very quickly, but it didn't have the sudden influx of oxygen to cause a violant and explosive flashover you were looking for.

[cg1725]

Watch the lamp on the right, when the ring on it falls of around 0:36, you can see liquid fire dripping!

[luckysod04]

promotion for Judism

[koulaiyed]

This was sped up

[ectoplasma2]

@koulaiyed I think so too , the beginning seems to fast

[hebneh]

And that, my friends, would be a very definite end to a Merry Christmas. Permanently the end for anyone caught in it.

[NancyToday]

Wow, that was quick! In Germany they put real candles on the tree. I guess they don't have much time if one falls!

[sarakaster]

@NancyToday

wow, what a damn cliche!

I hav a plastic-tree since 5 years no - and no candles since 30 years here, MA'AM!

[kfkblank1]

someone wanted gas for xmas

[rbkryan]

wonder what they got for x mas

[pmgodfrey]

This is why you just get out instead of standing there yelling, porkchop sandwiches!

Never would have thought such damage could be done in such little time.

[93CFD]

that was cool as a fan... i dont know why live christmas trees are still so popular even though they are so flammable.. maybe people just dont realize...

[donttrustbilliejean]

@93CFD I've had a fake one for about 12 years now.

[NONVOGLIONOMI]

Sì era un esperimento controllato per dimostrare praticamente il fenomeno del flashover

[ricosworlds]

throw some water on it

[djrenk]

Mine's ready to do that.

[yahhh777]

pyrolise!

[offroadboy2]

chvilku počkat pak otevřít dveře a máte backdraft

[sacitarius]

omg. habt ihr die möbel mit schwarzpulver ausgestopft? :D

so schnell geht das auch nich, da wurde mit brandbeschleuniger gearbeitet

[IdOmgIDi]

fake

[CiaSoCal]

Artificial trees are terrible for the environment, all you have to do is be responsible and get a fresh cut tree and keep it watered!!

[kubotaman2004]

this is why i have an artifical tree and not a real one

[folkert99]

the easter bunny is toasted !

[patriotsfz]

shes toast

[hessy11]

another reason to ban crismas

[RBFF123]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[kingofkeyboards]

haha :D

[chriscumming]

wtf happened damn what a fire people dont know how to take care of stuff wow..

[esky15]

It was a test....

[valakitovp]

thats why you water the dam thing lol

next time let me know so i'll bring the marshmellows and some munchies

[killerofallah]

actually, fire feeds of oxygen, so when the room is depleted of its o2 supply the fire will begin to suffocate (figuratively speaking).

[X304Daedalus]

however, as soon as a door is opened or window breaks, a backdraft would occur causing a decent explosion

[XSFx5]

X304 Daedalus is correct, although it's important to emphasize that "soon" doesn't mean it happens instantly. It can take anywhere, typically, from 10 to 30 seconds on average for backdraft to occur.

(I'm not just making those numbers up btw, they are recorded in NIST research experiment papers, run a Google Scholar search if you don't believe me).

So yes he is correct, but understand that there is a necessary delay factor which is reliant on gas transfer mixing and pressure planes.

[X304Daedalus]

yeah whatever you say

[Korndahl]

That's why the first task for a firefighter when entering a room with signs of a flashover/backdraft is to get away from the entrance:).

Anyway, it is still scary how fast a person can suffocate in a fire.

3-5 minutes and your dead, these videos should be broadcasted in the public to warn people about the always luring danger.

[mastodonowns69]

korndahl, in an environment that flashes over in 45 seconds, the air is going to be so hot it would crystalize your lungs in the first breath. forget 3-5 minutes!

[Korndahl]

I more or less meant that from the birth of the first couple of sparks, to the point where everything is pitch-black in a room, they say the average time is 3-5 minutes, of course under the right circumstances, given the right material, it can develop a lot faster :).

[jonabong55]

Also, when the fire is out of oxygen, it can easily suck in a window searching for it.

[brendaandjenifer]

wow! Heh so umm... *coughs clearing throat* thats how Jimmy died. Eh yeah.

[gunnerman22]

how si that funny?

[Zergling0101]

it has been followed by a flashover

[Prentice71]

ya once all the air in the compartment is used up the fire will slow its burning but if someone opens a door it will have more oxgen for combustion and a possible backdraft may also occur

[SnarlingLeopard]

why did they put that rabbit :'( T-T

[phenomanam]

the rabbit is 2 represent a small child that might be in the room

[edjkuihe5uir]

is it true that the smoke made it go out?

[jkpol71]

no, the smoke was banked right down to the floor in 45 seconds... Christmas Tree fires are ugly!

[ITS420PAT]

It's not a backdraft it's a flashover, when everything in the room gets hot enough to simultaneously combust...not a good place to get caught in

[ESPITO1986]

greatings from chile

a volunteer

2th company ladder`n axe

S&R

[bob46802]

wow near the end looked like back draft starting

[yooper2]

no a backdraft is when all the oxygen in the room is gone and the fire dies down. when oxygen is introduced ( like opening a door or breaking a window) the oxygen rushes into the room and causes an exlposion. that was just smoke covering the camera.

[Nal7657]

REMEMBER FOLKS ALWAYS WATER YOUR TREE

[canterbury21]

goes to show never leave a xmas tree unsupervised

[ntfd125]

when wool does burn it gives off cyanide gas

[Infamousuk]

that IS NOT a simple wood blaze, theres some treating going on there.. how many times has your bonfire gone up like THAT? with just the wood on it? .. cmon. they must think were super daft and what exactly is going to set our xmas tree alight? .. gnomes? im sorry but this world has become so fucking cotton wool wrapped its unbelievable.. ooo dont have a tree because they go on fire.. dont have a door! fire! .. dont have a fire.. cos its FIRE!! FUCK OFF!!!

[Angerfist2]

hahaahahaha this is soooo fake ;p

[frizzylexi]

by fake, do you mean controlled. theres no such thing as a fake fire...it can always burn something...

[memilesb1]

@Angerfist2

I was present during the test no accelerants were used, nothing was enhanced or faked, the  vision is not speeded up.

It was filmed in a disused military barracks, with the supervision of NIST for a science documentary "Fire Nature of the Beast" The test was repeated at the NIST burn room with identical results. If anything it is an excellent lesson in the effects & dynamics of radiant heat and a lesson in how quickly smoke & flames could debilitate the occupant.

Mike b

[captivemrhanky]

Yeah, you are right. Because the thousands of Christmas tree fires every year are started by "gnomes" right? Read the description it says this is a VERY DRY tree. Freaking stupidity in this world....

[BRudy87]

as a fire fighter, I can tell you that this is exactly what happens. we've done our own simulated tree fire, and it took 38 seconds for the room to flash over. the tree is pine, so it's going to burn unbelievably fast. so here one to you... FUCK OFF

[JoshyBallz4]

wow...dont give us bad name with that comment!:) if you remember it 2 months ago

[a36truckie]

The point of the video was how quickly a very dry christmas tree would ignite. I did see a special on NOVA I believe that showed the same scene as well as from behind the doorway which is shown on the right behind the tv and lamp. That scene showed how quick the smoke traveled. A real room would have at least 1 window which would have broken from the heat bringing in plenty of 02 for a flashover. Since this is a living room there would be other attached rooms with plenty of o2.

[spiker27a]

I think more people die from flame retardants then fires but it can't be proven yet.

There are natural sources that are safe to use in bedding as an example. Wool is naturally flame retardant and it even regulates body temperature so you don't sweat at night.

BTW real homes don't have 1 wall open to the outside. If this room was fully enclosed, the fire would have spread much slower.

[emilhjorth1993]

ah .. this video was also shown on danish national tv. :)

[SkyboxMonster]

I saw the REAL video that this is from.

and if i remember right, the door WAS open, smoke was pouring out of the room in the video

[XSFx5]

Yeah but not just smoke IMHO! The smoke was igniting on the way out as soon as it hit a higher concentration of O2 in the air(i.e.: rollover). If memory serves, the fire was so violent it was burning the sign attached to the outside of the test chamber and it didn't seem very happy (as if a fire could have emotions lol) when the firefighters first hit it with water.

[jpothemaster64]

man i just bought that tree. damn

[SpydieDave]

Wow it's insane to think that in 45 seconds you are pretty much screwed especially if you are sleeping. *eek*

[Hypernl]

Save the bunny!

[spiker27a]

I'll take my chances but I will not buy products with flame retardants as they poison your slowly .

[SteelDetailer]

Spiker27a,

You are free to make that choice, but you would rather it if you and your family die in <45 seconds from fire as opposed to spending years together?? I'll take my chances, too. When we meet in the afterlife, let me know if you still think your choice was a good one.

You'll recognize me...I'll be the one who brought the bodies of you and your family out after I put the fire out!!

[23412nooby]

Why the bunny dont start burning?

[DropKikTheCat]

Poor bunny!

[drjohnson36]

and although it looks like it, accelerants probably weren't used. christmas trees have the perfect spacing between branches to allow quick spreading of heat without reducing the oxygen supply. try taking yours to the desert and lighting it on fire, its good fun

[drjohnson36]

no flashover in this video

[joeefoley]

yea looks like an unventilated room maybe.... open the door lol!

[wuppygeneral]

wow a flashover that was big smoke lots of fire but less oxygen in a small room so they most have used accelerants

[UKFireBandit]

To all those asking about accelerants - hairspray from an aerosol can was sprayed onto the tree. This is a common trick used by traders to stop the pine needles falling off the trees. In his instance, the hairspray acted as an accelerant, although the naturally occuring oils within the pine itself sustained the growth of fire.

[alsaadi300]

waaaaaw oh my god

[urban0000000007]

la cago

[gm137]

Great video. In effect, I suppose, accelerants were used: pine oil behaves like turpentine, hence the rapid build up of flame, heat & smoke. Good upload: an aluminum tree for me this year, I think.

[marcvie9]

yes burn baby burn

[Nanna0708]

mmmm ;yea guess no more X=mass tree for me.

F*** that.

[joaniemonreal]

wOw!!!!

[georgethe09]

we seen that at fireschool, that was sick.

[thatsimonguy]

Wow that was fast.. almost looks like some kind of accelerant was present

[ewenlillard]

room would have gone even quicker were thaere any accelerents used

[tblanarik]

Amazing. Whole room is gone in seconds.

Good upload.