A wood stove is an alternative way to heat a home. By burning wood or other fuel sources, wood stoves use the natural heat generated by the fire. This can save you money compared to a gas or electric heater.

Should, for any reason, a wood burner fire start, here is how you would go about extinguishing it safely.

Close the main wood burner door and ensure that it is sealed shut. Once the main door to the wood stove is closed, close all the dampeners on the stove.  As oxygen is the fuel a fire needs to continue to burn, you are starving the fire of its fuel by closing the stove door and dampeners.  Once the oxygen in the stove has been used, the fire will go out. If, for whatever reason, this method does not stop the fire and it becomes out of control, use a wood burner extinguisher and cover the flame.  This will immediately stop the fire before it spreads.