How dangerous is it to continue to run a wood stove with a cracked window? A co-worker of mine had this happen over the weekend and I know he is still using his stove. Now I don't know how bad the damage is just that he had a log roll into the window and he said that it had cracked. We usually place our wood in the stove n-s kind of for that reason. Just not sure if it really is safe or not. My husband and I were talking about this tonight and wondered if carbon monoxide could leak out, or what other damage could occur. Could the window explode causing a really bad situation? Thanks for any input. Donna