Burning holiday gift wrap and decorations in residential fireplaces is unsafe and creates the risk of destructive fires, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Trying to incinerate parts of a ...

Temperatures are dropping, and there's no better time to cozy up in front of the fireplace. That means it's also time to talk about fire safety. Many people are tempted to burn all kinds of household ...

Some are obvious, like plastic, but others might surprise you. From Christmas trees to dryer lint, here are materials you should never burn. When I lived in the mountains, I heated with wood and ...