Show Why Many Fires Fire Start in Basements of Homes Most fires in homes home begin in the basement This Is not a matter of opinion but of statistics The three major causes of basement fires are Improper use of fuels improper care of flues Cues and ducts and Improper care of the basement itself First of all the basement should hould never be a Junk room Eveh Even It lf you do not care to make it an extra livIng living liv ing room it should be kept shipshape shipshape ship ship- shape clean and never used as a storage place for old magazines newspapers newspaper and other combustible materials When soft coals are used constant constant con con- stant attention should be given to the condition of flues so that flue fires due to excess soot oot cannot occur oc oc- cur If oil Is used the home owner should Insist upon a constant supervision supervision super super- vision service to eliminate the possibility pos pos- possibility of flare backs puff backs and similar accidents which have been known to blow open the furnace door and fill the home with noxious fumes fume Immediate danger of fire can be removed by keeping all aU combustible combustible com com- material awa away from the furnace proper |