How Not To Burn Your House Down This Holiday Season
Here are some fire prevention safety tips for decorating your home.
Everything is beautiful this time of year because, frankly, you make it that way. But your favorite Twinsburg editor wants to make sure your decorations aren't going to burn your house down. Our Patch colleague checked in with fire Lt. Rick Szeles in Fairlawn-Bath for some decorating safety tips this holiday season. Here's what he had to say: • "Believe it or not, one of the biggest fire hazards is lit candles," Szeles said. "For some reason folks light a lot of candles during the season and typically that's how bad things happen." Don't leave a candle unattended or place it near something combustible such as curtains or draperies, he said. • "People like to overload electrical circuits during the holidays," Szeles said. "They plug 20 …
