eli5: What’s with all the fire warnings on kids’ sleep clothes? Are they gonna roll themselves into starting a fire? *totally confused*

Question

eli5: What’s with all the fire warnings on kids’ sleep clothes? Are they gonna roll themselves into starting a fire? *totally confused*

In: Physics

Answer 1

Those types of clothing are fire/flame retardant and must self extinguish

The regulations are published in the Code of Federal Regulations at 16 CFR Part 1615 for children’s sleepwear sized above 9 months and up to 6X, and at 16 CFR Part 1616 for children’s sleepwear sized 7 through 14. The two rules contain basically the same requirements, with the main difference being the sizes of the garments covered by each.