When firefighters suspected synthetic furniture was to blame for house fires burning eight times faster than they used to, they teamed up with the safety consulting company UL to conduct a study. Below is a link where you will learn how synthetic furniture materials (which are made from petroleum, like gasoline) can accelerate the rate of a house fire. One officer says that the chemicals produced by synthetic material burning can take the place of the oxygen in your body within 2-3 minutes of exposure. Watch the video of the study they conducted that compares burn times between synthetic and natural furniture!