{"id":62172,"date":"2025-06-10T16:39:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/?p=62172"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:09:33","slug":"real-christmas-trees-do-not-start-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/factsheets\/real-christmas-trees-do-not-start-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Christmas Trees Do Not Start Fires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Facts:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>No real Christmas tree has ever started a fire. The risk of fire during the holidays comes from such things as overloaded electrical circuits or placing heat-generating sources too close to other objects. Anything that is dry and flammable \u2013 including such things as newspaper, gift- wrap, clothing, paper shopping bags, curtains, and tablecloths \u2013 can become a fire hazard if not properly managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You Need to Know:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A fresh tree is a safe tree. As anyone who has tried to start a campfire with green wood knows, fresh limbs resist igniting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To protect your real Christmas tree from ignition sources, buy it as fresh as possible, add a fresh cut to the trunk and place it in water as soon as possible, then water your tree daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To Keep Your Tree From Falling Victim to Fire Sources, Remember the Three Things to Avoid: Heat, Electricity, and Flame:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep your tree away from major sources of heat, such as space heaters, appliances, hot plates, electric blankets, computers or TVs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t overload your electrical circuits or extension cords.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn off your tree lights overnight and anytime you leave the house.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dispose of light sets that have visible wear and tear; use only UL-approved lights and according to their instructions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t use candles or other open flames in, on, or around your tree.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t allow smoking anywhere near the tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/RCTB-Real-Christmas-Trees-Do-Not-Start-Fires-22.09.07.pdf\" class=\"addbutton  \" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Download Fact Sheet<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Facts: No real Christmas tree has ever started a fire. The risk of fire during the holidays comes from such things as overloaded electrical circuits or placing heat-generating sources too close to other objects. Anything that is dry and flammable \u2013 including such things as newspaper, gift- wrap, clothing, paper shopping bags, curtains, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-factsheets","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62193,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62172\/revisions\/62193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.realchristmastreeboard.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}