YOU SEE THE FIRE? THERE IT GOES. ALL. YEAH. I’LL TELL YOU WHAT. I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO SEE FIRE IN THESE FIRE SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS. AND WE HAVE IT FOR YOU THIS MORNING, 90S AGO. THAT’S WHEN THE IGNITION POINT HAPPENED ON THIS UNIT OUT HERE. THIS VERY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, DESPITE IT LOOKING OUT OF CONTROL TO DEMONSTRATE HOW DANGEROUS OUR FIRE, OUR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS CAN BE. CHECK IT OUT. THAT FIRE JUST LEAPING OUT OF THAT STORAGE BIN RIGHT NOW. JOINING US LIVE IS MARK NUNEZ WITH SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE’RE WATCHING HERE. MARK, I FEEL LIKE I’M NEXT TO A CAMPFIRE. THIS THING IS HOT. IT IS VERY HOT. WHAT WE’RE DEMONSTRATING TODAY IS THE INHERENT DANGERS OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN AT CHRISTMAS TIME. WE’VE HAD THESE CHRISTMAS TREES THAT WERE CUT DOWN BACK IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. THEY’VE BEEN SHIPPED OUT. THEY GET DRY REALLY QUICK. IF YOU DON’T WATER THEM, IT BECOMES ONE OF THE BIGGEST SAFETY HAZARDS WE HAVE AT THIS TIME OF CHRISTMAS YEAR. SO WHEN YOU’RE DECORATING YOUR TREE, THE THINGS YOU WANT TO CHECK FOR IS MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DON’T HAVE ANY DAMAGE TO THEM. IF THEY DO, REPLACE THEM, MAKE SURE YOU’RE KEEPING YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE AWAY FROM THE FIREPLACE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME DEFENSIBLE SPACE BETWEEN THE FURNITURE, FURNITURE, YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE AROUND THAT FIREPLACE. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE USING CANDLES, WE RECOMMEND USING THE LED BATTERY OPERATED ONES. REAL CANDLES STILL START FIRES JUST LIKE UP PAST, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE BEING VERY CAREFUL THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT JUST HOW QUICKLY THIS WENT UP? AS I MENTIONED TO OUR VIEWERS A SECOND AGO, WE HAD A 92ND LEAD TIME, LIKE, OKAY GUYS, WE’RE ABOUT TO GO LIVE. LET’S SET THIS PUPPY ON FIRE AND BOOM, NOW WE’RE SEEING ALL OF THOSE DECORATIONS AND THE FURNITURE INSIDE JUST DESTROYED. THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING HERE TODAY IS HOW FAST A FIRE CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR HOME. IF YOU HAVE A FIREPLACE WHERE YOU’RE WHERE YOU’RE USING REAL WOOD, A SPARK COMES OUT, GETS INTO THAT TREE, GETS ONTO YOUR PRESENCE, IT CAN GO UP SO FAST. THIS WAS LESS THAN TWO MINUTES OF WHAT YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. AND LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE SET A TURKEY ON FIRE AROUND CHRISTMAS OR I SHOULD SAY THANKSGIVING TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU’RE LIKE, YEAH, WELL, WE SEE THIS EVERY YEAR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS PUT THIS ON TOGETHER. AND YET JUST DAYS AFTER THAT DEMONSTRATION, AROUND THANKSGIVING TIME, WE SAW A FIRE RELATED TO A TURKEY FIRE. SO, YOU KNOW, DESCRIBE WHY THESE DEMONSTRATIONS ARE IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THESE DEMONSTRATIONS REALLY ARE IMPORTANT. WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE JUST HOW FAST A FIRE CAN START IN YOUR HOME, WHETHER IT’S FROM FREIGHT, CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, WHETHER IT’S FROM A CANDLE OR WHETHER IT’S FROM YOUR FIREPLACE, IT CAN HAPPEN ANY TIME, ANYWHERE, TO ANYONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MARK NUNEZ WITH SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE. OBVIOUSLY, BRADY AND MIKE, SUCH A VISUAL REMINDER OF HOW FLAMMABLE THE THINGS ARE IN OUR HOMES THAT ARE IN THERE AROUND THE HOLIDAY TIME, HOW QUICKLY THESE FIRES CAN BURN AND SPREAD. AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU, IT IS IT’S HOT. LEST I STATE THE OBVIOUS, THIS FIRE IS HOT. I CAN FEEL IT. AND I’M A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE AWAY FROM IT. WOW. JUST HEARD AN EXPLOSION TOO. RIGHT ON CUE. AND OF COURSE, THEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR IN YOUR HOME, A WORKING ONE, THEN THIS WOULD NECESSARILY WAKE YOU UP EITHER. NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S HOW THAT FIRE WILL SPREAD. AND AS THEY PUT THIS OUT, WE SAW FIRSTHAND HOW QUICKLY THAT ALL IGNITED, BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST GOT OUT THERE, THE FIRE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. AND OF COURSE, NOW IT WAS TENS OF FEET UP INTO THE AIR. MELANIE WINGO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THA