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Candle Safety

If you enjoy lit candles around your home, I have some saftey tips for you!

1. Before you burn any candle, trim the wick to a quarter of an inch. This helps start the candle burning evenly. (A tip: you can actually trim them with a nail clipper).

2. A major cause of household fires is a candle too close to flammable materials. An open window and a slight breeze is all it would take to knock over a candle or sweep the curtains across the flame. To preventthis, keep windows closed, but also protect the flame with a heavy hurricane or lantern that will still allow for light and scent

3. Never let a candle housed in glass burn too close to the edge or bottom of the container. It could break the glass and start a fire.

4. Along those same lines, you should never burn a candle on top of a glass top table. If the glass gets too hot it could break and cause an even bigger problem.

5. You should really protect any surface that you're setting a candle on from the heat. You could use some rolled cork or thick felt to make candle coasters that will absorb excess heat and protect the surface from damage.

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