Crime & Safety

Mind Your Christmas Tree to Prevent Disastrous Fires [VIDEO]

The Northville Township Fire Department demonstrates how quickly a Christmas tree can catch fire.

A dry Christmas tree is extremely flammable and could rapidly become a towering inferno in your living room. 

Firefighters from the Northville Township Fire Department showed a live demonstration Friday morning of how fast fire can engulf a dry Christmas tree. 

>>See the video above of the demo with safety tips from State Fire Marshal Richard Miller. 

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Even in the damp air and drizzling rain, the dry Christmas tree went from a few flames to an engulfed mass of fire in less than a minute. A tree watered regularly will take longer to catch fire. 

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