Thanks for that video clip. I will show that my mates at the Titirangi local volunteer firebrigade too. It's amazing how quick those fires develope in a dry pine tree.
We take a lot for granted. We have a plastic tree at home with electric lights on a timeclock, on the whole night but close to a smoke alarm. We were thinking to have a real pine tree next year (the smell is beautifull) but it may have to be one with roots which hopefully doesn't go too dry on its needles and be an extreme fire hazard.
But I remember when I was a kid in Holland we had a real pine tree at home with electric lights but on Christmas day we had real candles going in the tree.
Luckily our house didn't burn down otherwise I wouldn't write this reply.
Cheers Ray.
