With Chelsea McGehee:
Three charred palm trees remain in front of a home nearly burned by the Creelman fire on Wednesday, a reminder of the danger they pose when they go untrimmed or catch on fire. Retired fire captain Bob Lyon says the incident is a reminder of why trimming palm trees during fire season is critical.
Lyon said certain varieties of palm trees are especially vulnerable to catching fire. "Some of the Spanish ones that have the fronds that go all the way up ... those are susceptible to fire embers getting into those, and it will get going, and then the whole tree goes off because it's really dry," Lyon said.
Lyon said an untrimmed palm tree can quickly become an extreme danger. "Some of them are 30 or 40 feet tall, so you'll get a 30 or 40-foot flame going straight into the air," Lyon said.
There were some striking videos of burning palm trees from the LA fires.
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