Pittsfield Announces Christmas Tree Pick-up
It’s time to dispose of your Christmas Tree, and the City of Pittsfield has announced this year’s pick-up schedule.
It certainly was beautiful this year and you don’t want to see it go, but if you’ve had your Christmas tree up since long before Christmas, it's probably dried out and is a potential fire hazard. In fact, State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey is encouraging Massachusetts residents to get that tree up and out promptly. As part of a press release from the Department of Fire Services, Ostroskey said that if a fire should start for any reason, a tree (especially a dried-out tree) will help spread the fire extremely rapidly.