Natural rubber (NR) latex foam is a typical cellular structure material manufactured by liquid latex compounds and has three dimension porous network structures. This kind of material has tremendous fire hazard because it is easily ignited and flame spreads extremely fast after ignited. Ignition position is one of the most important factors to determine the fire behavior of horizontal material. The aim of this study was to investigate the fire behavior of NR latex foam under center and edge ignition positions to provide the basic data for fire hazard evaluation of enclosure fire. Two types of experiments with center and edge ignition positions were carried out in a small-size flame spread experiment bench. The sample size was 25 cm×25 cm×2 cm with 6 mm diameter hole distribution in it. The temperature both on and above the sample surface and the flame front position were monitored during the experiment. The fire process was also recorded in horizontal and an angle of 45° to the horizontal direction. Then the flame height and flame spread rate were estimated. The results show that the maximum flame heights during the edge and center ignition condition test are 397 and 491 mm

respectively. The flame spread rates under the two ignition positions condition are 1.8 and 0.97 mm·s-1

respectively. And the flame temperature under the edge ignition condition test is lower than that of the center ignition test.