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The National Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology estimates U.S. firefighters are responding to about 200 fires cause by Christmas trees each year ...
Where you put your Christmas tree and how you decorate it are key elements to holiday fire safety. Here's what to know.
Dec. 13—Decorating for the winter holidays requires attention to fire safety along with the lights, trees and tinsel. Harvested Christmas trees can quickly spread small fires and do serious damage.
The CPSC [9] announced recalls by Target on 7' Artificial Pine Christmas Trees and accompanying extension cords in 1993 due to fire risk from the extension cords supplied with the lighted trees, which may overheat or melt. Walgreens, of Deerfield, Ill., voluntarily recalled about 9,000 artificial Christmas trees with fiber optic lights in 2000 ...
A sparkler on a Christmas tree A "Morning Glory" type sparkler, emitting small pyrotechnic stars during this phase of the burn Sparklers are popular fireworks for children Moving sparklers quickly can create attractive patterns. A sparkler is a type of hand-held firework that burns slowly while emitting bright, colored sparks.
The first aluminum trees could not be illuminated in the manner traditional for natural Christmas trees or other artificial trees. Fire safety concerns prevented lights from being strung through the tree's branches; [4] draping electric lights through an aluminum tree could cause a short circuit. [8]
-Between 2007-2011, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 230 home fires that started with Christmas trees per year. These fires caused an average of 6 deaths, 22 injuries, and $18.3 ...
Christmas tree decorated with lights, stars, and glass balls Glade jul by Viggo Johansen (1891), showing a Danish family's Christmas tree North American family decorating Christmas tree (c. 1970s) A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, associated with the celebration of Christmas. [1]