EXCLUSIVE Christmas Tree Safety Tips (PSA)

Monterey County Fire Investigator's Association, with association from NIST, provides Christmas tree safety tips to protect you and your family. A rapidly burning Christmas tree is shown in a living room façade as an example of how dangerous a dry Christmas tree can be if it catches fire.

**Wow. 25,000 Views. Didn't think it would be this popular. Thanks guys.**

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[SansAuthoritas]

BULLSHIT. This fire is A) accelerated with flammable gas and B) fanned through the silver conduit in the middle of the floor. Halfway moist evergreens do NOT burn like that.

[TheDanster999]

@SansAuthoritas

A) On the contrary, it was not accelerated with a gas. The tree was lit by an open flame that was intentionally sparked and was let to naturally spread with available fuel - "fuel," as in sofas, walls, carpet, wood, tables, etc.

B) You are correct in that halfway moist evergreens do not burn that quickly and violently. However, this was to demonstrate the danger of a DRIED OUT evergreen, which is why the tree burned so quickly

[Shadowgirl669]

this is defenitly making me reconsider buying a natural tree... beauty and lovely scent for that kind of risk and worry? i dont think it is worth it.

Thanks for the video :)

[TheDanster999]

@Shadowgirl669

Haha no problem! =)

[AmbientAviator]

chestnuts roasting on an open fire...

[thelazycomic]

@MrZulu2065 Go back and read my comment again. Your response doesn't make any sense to what I wrote. On second thought... don't bother.

[MrZulu2065]

@thelazycomic Yes but that is why there ar artificial trees now. So it's not a dumb ass idea.

[thelazycomic]

Whose dumb ass idea was it, a long time ago, to bring in a very flammable tree, into the house, and decorate it? Back when they started this tradition, they did use candles to decorate. Must have been a ton of fires.

[CosbyTheCaterpillar]

This video was fake. This was made in some studio as the camera was behind flame-proof glass. and besides how can a tree really catch fire like that. that was kind of unrealistic

[erskj123]

ha im a firefighter just did my first burn in class, and its crazy in there when it starts rollin

[rexman971]

why do the show the leg lamp from a Christmas Story.

[fidny]

Fire doubles in intensity every 17 seconds, flashover at end of video, you wouldn't have a chance in this apartment.

[XFifanessX]

No accelerant needed. I fought tons of wildfires and have almost been trapped by pine trees that almost explode when they catch on fire. We fight hard to keep it from reaching the pines once it's there, we evacuate back and regroup after they have burned off.