{"id":118157,"date":"2015-08-21T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T05:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=118157"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:17:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T05:17:39","slug":"fire-in-chimney-flue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/08\/21\/fire-in-chimney-flue\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire In Chimney Flue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 21, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Urban and rural fire crews attended a chimney fire in a home at Haly Creek on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was contained to the chimney and flue of a house in Flagstone Creek Road.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were called at 6:15pm and quickly extinguished the flames.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Earlier this year, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Region Assistant Commissioner John Bolger relayed some safety tips for residents with fireplaces or chimney<\/strong>s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoroughly clean the chimney before lighting up after a break<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid using an accelerant and, if possible, use only seasoned hardwood and dry timber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never leave a fireplace unattended and have a guard or screen in place to prevent burning embers from floating into the surrounding area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never leave children or pets unsupervised near an open fire or slow combustion heater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never place hot ashes in household bins or council bins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a metal bucket which you use only for ash<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban and rural fire crews attended a chimney fire in a home at Haly Creek on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":278008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90,349],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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