The Virginia Beach Fire Department is usually in the business of putting out fires, but Wednesday they were the ones setting a fire to demonstrate how quickly flames can spread. The demonstration at an abandoned residence on Landstown Road is to show how quickly a home can go up in flames.
Experts say you have less than 3-minutes to escape a burning house alive.
The reason fires can spread so quickly in homes today, as compared to a decade ago, is that furnishings are mostly made from synthetic, petroleum-based products.