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Is it safe to burn wet wood in a chimney?

I don't mean green unseasoned wood, It was good dry wood, unfortunately on the day the wood was delivered the weather turned bad and it was absolutely pouring down. Can't be helped i suppose but is it safe to burn? I don't have an open fireplace it is an enclosed iron insert chimney with a glass door and has just been swept, This is the main source of heat for the whole house. Also would it be worth investing in one of those carbon monoxide detectors just for the chimney or are those mainly if your all gas heating?

Answer:

Try either a dampened sponge ( wrung out ) or a rubber glove. Wipe the pants down with either item and the lint should come off. You might try a dryer sheet, too.
Take a pen and push hard and shove the lint off..thats what i do.
Suffocation. Fire need oxygen to spread, if oxygen level is reduced during fire, the fire will suffocate. The lack of air circulation would probably kill the flames from CO2 suffocation without extra oxygen. Carbon dioxide will not burn and displaces air. Carbon dioxide can be used on electrical fires because, being a gas, it does not leave residues which might further harm the damaged equipment. (Carbon dioxide can also be used on class A fires when it is important to avoid water damage, but in this application the gas concentration must usually be maintained longer than is possible with a hand-held extinguisher.) Carbon dioxide extinguishers have a horn on the end of the hose. Due to the extreme cold of the carbon dioxide that is expelled from an extinguisher, it should not be touched.
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