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Ways to Keep Your Fireplace Safe
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Tags: fireplace, hazards, danger, safety
Although fireplaces are becoming more and more popular, they are a common cause for home fires and emergency room visits. These are some ways to keep your fireplace safe. Please add more tips that you can think of.
| | Have your flue and chimney inspected each season |
| | Don't forget to open the damper and don't close it too soon |
| | Don't use charcoal in a fireplace |
| | Don't allow children or pets to get too close to the fireplace |
| | Don't use gasoline, charcoal lighter fluid or other fuel to light the fire |
| | Don't burn plastic or other garbage |
| | Clean your chimney regularly |
| | Don't use too much paper to build the fire |
| | Don't hang decorations from your mantel if it means they are too close to the fire or could fall in |
| | Make sure there is a covering on the fireplace (wire or glass) to keep embers from popping out and hitting your carpet or wood floor. |
| | If you have a gas chimney, make sure to check the lines every now and again |
| | Make sure a smoke detector or gas/carbon monoxide dector is near your fireplace |
| | Make sure ashes and wood that are removed are completely done burning. Many times you can't tell until you put it in the trash and then a fire starts |
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