Christmas Tree Fire Safety

This videos if from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). It is a Safety Video of a Dry Scotch Pine Tree that fully engulfs a room in 48 seconds.

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[buh2001j]

use your eyes. any time lapse would be obvious because the flames movements would look fast forwarded or adjusted like all time lapses do.

[ansofigranath]

I was in on this experiment and It´s NOT an timelapse. Real time fire folks. Happy Hollidays

[NitrousMcBread]

Brave cameraman you've got there.

[jrowlandstuart]

"BE more than enough", I meant

[jrowlandstuart]

Have you ever FELT the heat from a pine tree burning? A pine tree, even dried out (i.e. without sap) is highly inflammable. It catches quickly and the heat from the fire would me more than enough to set the adjacent sofas alight. Tip - if you MUST have a pine tree, put it in the corner of the room, well away (ideally 2 metres) from anything flammable.

[tyrk1589]

obviously fake

[icon0x1]

Good awareness, however a good amount of home electronic equipment can indeed cause fast fires.  Iv accidentally light a extension-cord on fire with a portable stove :(

[cocomaan]

Merry Chrispmas!

[dogboner2001]

@jerryaltman In this situation, unless you were standing there extinguisher in hand, ready to go seconds after ignition, you wouldn't have a prayer trying to knock-down a fire of this intensity (irregardless of where the "flow" was directed).

Imagine the real-life scenario of your tree lighting off like this, but instead of sitting in the room with it ("poor Bun Bun"), you and your family are fast asleep in another part of your house or apartment. That's why "Smoke Detectors Save Lives"...

[TurbokickTracy]

so don't get a pine tree and unplug those lights?

[tw76945]

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