What to do in case of emergency?

[PolrBear]

So I was thinking about a scenario and realized I wouldn't know how to respond to it. Suppose that I have my stove burning nice and hot with a fresh load of wood, and my son walks by with a barbell and accidentally punches out a frame of the door glass. What do I do?

 

[begreen]

Tell your son no beer for a week.

If the stove glass cracks, you may be able to ride it out with a watchful eye until the fire dies down. If the glass is knocked out then a lot of air will be spilling into the stove. It will burn through the wood fast. If you have a scrap of metal that can be placed over the opening that might help, but be careful not to burn yourself or make things worse.

 

[stoveliker]

If you need to put out the fire, put sand on it.
Not water (will explode into hot steam and rust the stove).

 

[kborndale]

I normally have a metal bucket of ashes sitting on my hearth, they would work similar to sand. If it's getting out of hand my last resort would be a fire extinguisher.