Fire . . . preventable fire.

[firefighterjake]

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/...ney-cited-as-cause-of-millinocket-house-fire/

 

[mellow]

Having wood up against a rusted singlewall flue pipe would always be a bad thing.

 

[corey21]

That is bad.

 

[joecool85]

Having wood up against a rusted singlewall flue pipe would always be a bad thing.

Bingo.

 

[My Oslo heats my home]

folks get into bad habits early on and over time become complacent...sorry to hear news like this

 

[Swedishchef]

Eee. the flue had rusted out? That is bad enough even without wood stacked against it!

A

 

[simple.serf]

There was just a total loss fire up the road from my parents. Cause? Improperly installed stove (if there was a book on what not to do, these people wrote it).

 

[Backwoods Savage]

This sounds like one of those cases where you can't fix stupid. I can't imagine stacking wood against a chimney but I guess they saw no harm.

 

[n3pro]

That's a new one to me. I have heard kindling and newspaper too close to the stove but never wood stacked to the rusted chimney flue. Then again I've seen people on Youtube with wood splits on top of their wood stove so I guess I shouldn't be that surprised. Guess they were trying to dry out the cut yesterday, split today wood.

 

[CT-Mike]

This may sound harsh, but I am always a big believer in "The Stupid Shall Be Punished."

 

[Monosperma]

So, I guess the lesson here would be that stacked right up against the stovepipe is definitely stacked "too close." On the bright side, that's generally not the kind of mistake a person makes twice.

 

[Sprinter]

One way to get your wood nice and dry