I guess the chimney fire is the worst because putting it out is almost impossible once it really gets going, even if a fire department is handy. A small fire extinguisher is helpless. Unless you can choke it off from the bottom by starving the oxygen, it can easily ignite the rest of the house. The chimney stove pipe can get red hot and the sparks can fly 30 feet above the roof. Masonry chimneys can also throw the sparks and get hot enough to set the wall on fire.Well chimney fires are probably #1. Forgetting draft open and stove overheats, older stove fails, sparks out of stove onto combustible object, chimney pipe fails, object too close to stove starts on fire, sparks from chimney start outside objects on fire,......
Luckily no.
I guess the chimney fire is the worst because putting it out is almost impossible once it really gets going, even if a fire department is handy. A small fire extinguisher is helpless. Unless you can choke it off from the bottom by starving the oxygen, it can easily ignite the rest of the house. The chimney stove pipe can get red hot and the sparks can fly 30 feet above the roof. Masonry chimneys can also throw the sparks and get hot enough to set the wall on fire.
Believe me, it's a mess.
Please get at least one smoke detector they are $10!!I am a fine one to speak here. I have all the settings for a disaster. Wood stove in a small house, and I actually think I have a small kitchen extinguisher in there... however I have NO smoke detectors! Pipe is installed reasonably well, and is double wall thru the roof.
Yes, the pipe is the first hazard of operating a stove, but all the other mentioned , over heat, etc can all play a factor.
A heavily creosoted up pipe probably the most dangerous situation. User preventable, just clean the thing!
chimney fires can be extinguished, my father kept one of these handy "just in case". Can't fault the reasoning.
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Hard to give a like,,,you never forget,,http://txktoday.com/news/house-fire-claims-life-of-woman-on-eylau-loop-rd/
my back is to camera .the last 24 days we have had 8 house fires!
seen them get so hot they melted mortar into glassMost fires caused by burning wood are caused by chimney fires. Never had one, but they sound like a jet plane taking off and they get so hot that the chimney ignites the studs. It is deafening.
we bag up CO powder in 2 gallon Ziploc bags and close damper and drop down chimneyI guess the chimney fire is the worst because putting it out is almost impossible once it really gets going, even if a fire department is handy. A small fire extinguisher is helpless. Unless you can choke it off from the bottom by starving the oxygen, it can easily ignite the rest of the house. The chimney stove pipe can get red hot and the sparks can fly 30 feet above the roof. Masonry chimneys can also throw the sparks and get hot enough to set the wall on fire.
Believe me, it's a mess.
Get a CO detector also. Had the CO alarm go off for the first time in almost 10 years and it woke me up. A lot of smoke was filling into the house. Not enough to set off the smoke detector.
Dude, it's not worth the risk. PM me your address, and I'll mail you a smoke detector. You should have a CO detector too.I am a fine one to speak here. I have all the settings for a disaster. Wood stove in a small house, and I actually think I have a small kitchen extinguisher in there... however I have NO smoke detectors!
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