Christmas trees don’t automatically ablaze, however if they do, one of a standard size can destroy your house in minutes.
The risk of a calamitous fire increases during the holidays when electric outlets remain overloaded and candles are left burning. Christmas is the time of family gatherings, celebrations, merry-making, eating and shopping. So make sure you check the arrangements of the home twice in order to avoid any catastrophe.
This January, A horrific fire due to an electrical failure ignited a dry, 15-foot-tall Christmas tree that destroyed an Annapolis, Maryland, killing four children and their grandparents. Unfortunately, a huge, dry tree helped the fire to open out.
Christmas trees can blaze up in seconds and the resultant fire and smoke can occupy your entire home in seconds. Here are some precautionary steps that you can take this holiday season:
- Always bring home a tree that has vibrant green needles and which are hard to pluck. The tree shouldn’t be in a hurry to shed its needles
- Keep your Christmas tree far away from heat sources namely fireplaces, candles, heat vents, radiators, or lights and make sure you keep the base in a pot filled with water so it doesn’t dry out
- Are all your indoor and outdoor Christmas lights are lab tested by the UL or ETL/ITSNA? If no, return those and get lights that are safe
- Any light you use outdoor must be cleared for only external use
- Keep all the candles away from your Christmas tree and any wooden furniture
- Don’t forget to put off the lights jostling the Christmas tree each night before you go to bed As soon as the tree starts shedding off its needles, bid farewell to your evergreen foliage until next year
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