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03-26-2007, 03:43 PM #1
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Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire - Flint Journal
Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire
Flint Journal, MI - Mar 16, 2007
A homeowner diligent about cleaning his chimney did it with so much gusto Wednesday that it caused a chimney fire at 3:20 am Thursday, according to The ...
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04-03-2007, 07:56 PM #2
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Re: Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire - Flint Journal
Brian,
The article is no longer at that link. Any chance you could post the entire article?
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Re: Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire - Flint Journal
definitely interesting topic and also would like the working link of the full article
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Re: Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire - Flint Journal
Considering the article is more than a decade old, it is doubtful that it is still available.
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09-19-2018, 06:28 AM #5
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Re: Vigorous chimney cleaning likely led to house fire - Flint Journal
I think the journalist erred. If the chimney was cleaned to the extent that lead to a fire, one may draw a correlation to;1: The sweep was not trained. 2: The chimney was in dire need to be maintained or rebuilt.
Before I sweep a chimney I would pass a light down the chimney shaft to the smoke shelf or damper door to determine the condition of the flue liners, mortar and/or masonry in th case of unlined chimneys. I would inform the client to address and hazard or safety situations.
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