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A blocked chimney.
Image: DFB
A blocked chimney.
Image: DFB
DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE has issued a warning to the public ahead of the expected cold snap.
As Met Éireann forecasts temperatures as low as -4 degrees overnight, the fire brigade has urged people to make sure their chimneys are clean before lighting a fire as they could be dangerous if blocked.
“With temperatures staying in single figures today and dropping to freezing tonight don’t be tempted to light a stove or fire unless you are confident the chimney is clean. If you haven’t used the fire or chimney this winter season assume it needs a clean,” a fire brigade spokesperson said.
The AA also warned that when smoke rises up the flue of a chimney, particularly during cold weather, it condenses coating the walls in a highly combustible substance called creosote.
When this substance builds up inside the shaft, the AA said homeowners run the risk of a “volcano-like fire igniting inside the chimney breast of their house”.
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