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Chimney fire
Undesirable burning of residue deposits inside a chimney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about fires inside smoke-dispersal chimneys. For the August 2016 wildfire in San Luis Obispo Cty., California, see Chimney Fire.
A chimney fire is the combustion (burning) of residue deposits referred to as soot or creosote, on the inner surfaces of chimney tiles, flue liners, stove pipes, etc.
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