Apparently one morning a couple of weeks ago they stoked up the fire first thing to warm the house. The fire was nice and hot. Suddenly, they heard a roaring sound, and they ran outside to look at the chimney.
Flames were leaping out of the top.
The outside wall and the inside wall were hot, and they knew they only had a couple of minutes before the fire department would need to be called. So they doused the chimney and their fireplace with water and managed to put out the fire themselves.
What happened? There had been no chimney inspection or cleaning in quite some time, and apparently they had used one of those creosote burning logs and then stoked up a nice, hot fire. The creosote burning log burned up the creosote in the fireplace, but the remains were located in a "pocket" that hadn't been cleaned out and the nice, hot fire set it aflame.
Bottom line? Get your chimney inspected each fall. Keep your smoke detectors cleaned and working. It doesn't just happen to "other people." Stay safe.
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