Interesting thing happened to me tonight. I have two five gal buckets that I use for ash removal. I usually remove a few ashes from the stove every couple of days. The ashes stay out on our uncovered patio until I need the bucket back empty. Tonight I emptied the old cold bucket because the other one came out of the stove three days ago. These ashes came out of the stove five days ago and were on the patio the entire time, even during the one inch rain we had two days ago. I carried them out to my ash pile in the woods where I dump all my ashes. Guess what!! They were hot and still had live coals in them. I made a double extra trip back to the house for water to drown the ash pile. I couldn't believe it, after five days and rain. I'm glad I didn't set the whole world on fire. Be careful out there people. David