Christmas tree-related house fires often fatal
Within 30 seconds, the fake living room — all 10 feet of it, including the live Christmas tree in the corner — was engulfed in flames.The ceiling temperature was reported to be above 1,000 degrees at that point of the fire.”Nobody can survive that,” said Battalion Chief T.J. McLamb, the fire marshal for the Fayetteville Fire Department.After 40 seconds, firefighters started to hose it down.Fortunately, no one was in that ersatz living room at one end […]
