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Fireplace Safety - Facts to Help You Operate Your Fireplace

Stay safe. Learn important safety issues that should be followed when using woodburning and gas fireplaces.
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Fireplace Safety
Met Life offers advice about fireplace safety, including a list of things you should never burn in the hearth. Scroll down the page for lots of general fire safety tips.
Fireplace Safety Tips
A practical set of fireplace safety tips from the Hearth, Patio & Barbeque Association.
Wood Burning Guidelines
This article on HearthNet explains what creosote is, the dangers it creates if left in your chimney, and how to help avoid it in the first place.

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