home heating fires News

As the bone-chilling cold of winter grips the nation, many Americans take to alternative heating sources to keep their homes warmer and save on expensive heating bills — but families using these heating sources should proceed with caution. On Feb. …

Heating is the second leading cause and accounts for 14 percent of all residential building fires responded to by fire departments across the nation. From 2008 to 2010, an estimated average of 50,100 heating fires in residential buildings occurred in …