I’ve often thought about how easy it is to toss, burn, or bury things in the backyard without considering the consequences.

Burning wood indoors could cause damage akin to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study linked the growing popularity of domestic wood burning to lung damage. Wood burning stoves ...

I wish my neighbors would burn less wood. I am writing now because, although this is a perennial problem, at least one of my neighbors has been burning a lot of wood this season, and the air around my ...

A professional offers valuable insight into how to know whether your fireplace is truly ready for the colder months ahead.

We have cleaned our fireplace regularly and placed a new, larger flue on the chimney, but it didn’t help. No other neighbors ...

Millions of Britons who own a wood-burning stove will have been alarmed this week by new research suggesting the cosy appliances could damage lungs in a similar way to cigarette smoke. The study, ...

FILE - Smoke coming from fireplaces and wood stoves has been linked to a host of health effects including heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure and asthma attacks. Nordica MacCarty is an ...

Fresno residents need to be aware of seasonal changes starting Saturday for outdoor watering and fireplace burning.

When Trystan Bass first stepped into her 1920s-era home in Oakland, Calif., she immediately noticed the focal point of the living room: a floor-to-ceiling wood-burning fireplace. “It’s gorgeous and ...