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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KELO) – For more than three days this week, fire stations in Rapid City were stepping into a live structure fire training simulation to get ready for the upcoming colder weather. Fire crews had to navigate a live fire simulation of a ...

Preventing a fire involving a live Christmas tree starts at the beginning with picking the right tree. When picking a tree, people need to make sure to pick one that doesn’t have needles and branches falling off of it immediately, including when shaken, Buchanan said.

The homeowner told investigators he had plugged an extension cord into the vehicle’s block heater about an hour before noticing the fire.

The Ohio State Fire Marshal is advising Ohio residents using live Christmas trees to ensure that trees are removed from the home before they become too dried out and become a fire hazard.