Christmas trees fires can happen

All Christmas trees are combustible, but most of the fires that occur are due to the overload of the electric cables and shortcircuits, so we recommend that you do not put too many lights and check that the light contacts are in good condition. You can check out the article “How to avoid Christmas fires” for other tips. Meanwhile we leave you a couple of videos to raise awareness about the real dangers of these fires:

Example of a fire caused by a short circuit in a Christmas tree, performed by the National Fire Protection Association in a practice camp (NFPA) (Video: NFPA)

Example of a fire caused by a short circuit in a Christmas tree, carried out in the practice camp of the Azcapotzalco Civil Protection (Mexico):