[Lindengardens] glassed candles policy

[Dave P]

Candles cause an estimated 15,600 fires in residential structures, 150 deaths, 1,270 injuries, and $539 million in estimated direct property damage each year.

Read more:

<http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/citizens/all_citizens/home_fire_prev/candle.shtm>

A glass-container candle is still a candle. Please, for the safety of everyone in the building, never EVER fall asleep with an flame burning!

David Price





On Jul 9, 2010, at Jul 9-8:25 AM, Charlie Denison wrote:

> Hi Ona,
> 
> It is certainly not illegal to burn candles but it is probably unwise to leave them burning while you sleep, for your sake and the sake of everyone in the building. Accidents can always happen. 
> 
> Charlie
> 
> On Jul 9, 2010, at 4:44 AM, Ona Kondrotas <ona.faster.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> dear fellow residents of linden 25,
>> as some of you may have noticed, I often return home late at night and at that pre-dawn hour prefer dim lighting to the harsh glare of electricity. to this end, I burn--on shelves a far way away from my futon--candles that are housed in glass (like, the kind that already come in a glass container), so that htere be no fire hazard in case I fall asleep with one or two of them still lit, which is rare. Is this illegal, unsafe, or in any other way objectionable? 
>> 
>> thanks,
>> -ona k.
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