Photo Gallery: Glendale Fire Department demonstrates hazards around home during holidays

Two-and-a-half minutes from being alit and after buying with intense heat, a Christmas tree lies charred and nearly out of fuel to burn at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Seconds after igniting, a Christmas tree is half burned during a demonstration of the potential hazard of under-watered trees at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A smoldering Christmas tree, shortly after being alit, in a staging area at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Glendale Fire personnel stand off to the side as a demonstration about the combustibility of Christmas trees is nearly taking place at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

GTV6 photographer Robert Townsend is one of the first to be set up for a Christmas tree safety demonstration at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Firefighter Shant Barin sprays water onto the remains of a Christmas tree, burned during a demonstration of the dangers of keeping an under-watered tree in the home at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Media make video of a burning Christmas tree at Glendale Fire Station 21 on Monday, December 10, 2018. The media event, put together by The Glendale Fire Department and California Poison Control, is to illustrate potential life-threatening hazards lurking around the holidays, including Christmas trees that are not sufficiently watered which become explosive and tremendously dangerous.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)