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Hi, I'm Tim Carter from Ask the Builder.com and it's January 1st, 2011, and we just took our live Christmas tree down and it's a really, really dry
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And I wanted to do a fire safety experiment because you always hear about how these trees can catch on fire very quickly in a house
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And let's see if that happens with this one. I can tell you that it's very dry
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We haven't watered it in days. Let's see what happens. Maybe nothing happens
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Kitchen matches. Look how fast these Christmas trees burn. It's crazy, man
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Look at it. You've got to really be careful. These things are dangerous in your house
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Crazy. We just tried to light it on fires and experiment. Look at that
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That could be your house burning right now. Inside your house. You've got to really be careful with these live Christmas trees
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trees when they run out of water. That is unbelievable. I'm Tim Carter for Ask the Builder
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