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LEE COGHLAN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
J.B. Carter, fire chief for the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department, spoke with the Rappahannock News regarding the increased chance of structural fires now that the heating season has begun. Last year, the department responded to 14 structural fires. Twelve of these fires occurred in homes and two in mobile homes. The total dollar loss from these fires was i $190,000.
A couple of the fires were electrical fires, but most came from cigarettes or heating appliances. Wood burning stoves, fireplaces, and gas appliances that have not been cleaned or properly maintained can all be hazardous.
Carter says, “We’ve seen kerosene heaters with gasoline put in them causing the heater to melt. T1 'i gasoline will spill out on the floor and catch the house on fire. A lot of people will use gas tanks for kerosene. The residual gas in the tank will melt the heater and cause a fire.”
Another reason a lot of unnecessary fires occur is that the heater needs to be three feet away from any object that could catch fire.
Recently, in Castleton, a woman had a stove fire involving food. The fire spread to her kitchen cabinets. She man
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