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Dried out Christmas trees present fire danger

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Make sure to get rid of your Christmas tree before it gets rid of you. Keeping a tenenbaum past it’s prime when it’s dried out can be asking for a holiday home fire.

That’s why the National Fire Protection Association is reminding Americans to expose of their natural Christmas trees before a spark turns fatal.

Signs that show a tree is drying out include sagging branches, loss of needles and losing it’s coat of green.

NFPA statistics say that nearly 40 percent of Christmas tree fires start in January but even though they’re less common they’re usually more dangerous.

On average one of every 31 reported Christmas tree fires results in a death, while it’s one out of every 144 in total reported home structure fires.

Galesburg residents looking to dispose of their tree can recycle it by dropping it off at the Lowe’s parking lot from now until Sunday Jan. 3.