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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[DudeManGuy1019]

It was an ugly tree anyway

[Jesse Sanchez]

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

[Dirk Diggler]

lol

[MetaGrrrl]

Keep it watered. This is a dry tree. But yes, also unplug the lights when you aren't in the room.

[MetaGrrrl]

In a fire, when that smoke detector goes off, there's no time for anything but get out fast.

This video starts when flames burst out, but there's a chance that smoldering beforehand might trigger the alarm before these scary 48 seconds.

Plan for safety --- and keep that tree watered!

[MetaGrrrl]

Time for you to take some free safety classes from your local fire department and work with real fire. Yes, it's this fast.

[Török Áron]

Dear uploader!

Could we use 30 seconds from this video in our short movie?

We are a small art-movie group from Hungary and we have a

scene in our new film where we need a short fire scene but

unfortunately we don't have a possibility to burn a room.

Is there any chance?

Thanks,

Áron Török

torokaron@hotmail.com

[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!