More holiday decorating accidents reported

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says injuries involving falls from... — The Consumer Product Safety Commission says injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and other decorating activities are on the rise. Its latest figures from last year show n 13,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for such injuries during the last two months of last year, up from previous years. Credit: Newsday, 2006 /J. Michael Dombroski

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDecember 13, 2011

Holiday decorating accidents are on the rise, a government agency reports, and no it doesn't mean your neighbor's light arrangement.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says injuries involving falls from ladders while stringing lights, cuts from broken glass ornaments and other decorating activities are on the rise. The government estimates that more than 13,000 people were treated in emergency rooms for such injuries during the last two months of last year, up from 10,000 in 2007.

The commission also reminds that those twinkling lights on the Christmas tree can erupt into flames in a matter of seconds.

CPSC says Christmas tree fires are blamed for about four deaths each year and $18 million in property damage.

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