You're Asking for Trouble if You Don't Take Care of Your Live Christmas Tree
Videos shows just how quickly a house can go up in flames when a dry tree catches fire.
Ever seen a Christmas tree go up in flames and take an entire room with it in less than a minute? It's a thing to behold – as the video accompanying this story shows – and not in a good way. While there haven't been any Christmas tree-related fires in Plainfield in the last few years, the potential remains high – especially if someone's had a tree since Thanksgiving and hasn't been giving it enough water, Plainfield Fire Protection District fire inspector Mary Ludemann said. Once you see those needles dropping, that tree is dry and you've got a problem, she said. "We are always telling people, if your live tree gets dry, remove it from the house," Ludemann said. Every year an average of 260 fires are attributed to Christmas trees, …
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Lorraine Swanson
10:50 pm on Thursday, December 23, 2010
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