To safely dispose of a Christmas tree, NFPA recommends using the local community’s recycling program, if possible.

More than a third of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January, which is why safety officials encourage ...

Now that Christmas is over, officials are warning of one popular holiday item that could have deadly consequences the longer ...

The holidays may be winding down, but the risk of fire involving live Christmas trees is getting greater by the day. The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of State Fire Marshal (SFM) reminds Ohioan ...

A Christmas tree went up in flames in a Bethesda home, setting the entire living room on fire and sending five people to the hospital. Officials believe the fire started in a power strip near the ...

A Christmas tree-related fire in Montgomery County displaced and hospitalized a family on Thursday evening, causing more than $400,000 in damage, according to fire officials. The blaze broke out in ...

A Christmas tree fire in Bethesda, Maryland, injured four people and a dog on Christmas Day, officials said. The family is displaced, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue said. A strand of lights from as ...

A holiday celebration turned into chaos when a dry Christmas tree ignited inside a Maryland home, sending flames racing through the first floor and putting multiple residents and pets in danger, ...

A home was destroyed, neighbors were evacuated, and multiple firefighters required medical attention in a Christmas Day fire in Bloomingdale, officials said. First responders were sent to the West ...

One person is in critical condition and three others remain hospitalized Friday after a Christmas tree caught on fire in a Bethesda, Maryland, home on Christmas Day. Flames broke out at a ...