A Raleigh homeowner says she has repeatedly tried to contact a company that cleaned her chimney and left her house covered in black soot, including her couch, TV stand, dining room table, carpet and ...

Erwin Liverman, 71, believes he’s the world’s most senior chimney sweep — 60 years after he got his start. He feels like a relic in a trade that has been depicted as both Dickensian and lyrical – ...

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (PIX11) — It took 23 firefighters two hours to pull a stuck woman from a chimney in Southern California, fire officials said. Rescuers responded shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday ...

An owl covered in soot and stuck in a chimney has been freed. Nick Reynolds, the director at the Paradise Park wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall, said a male tawny owl was lodged in the flue of a ...

Cooler evenings and the smells of autumn inspire many of us to seek alternative heat sources in the home. One such choice is to build a wood burning fire in the fireplace. But the National Fire ...

Some more details in the amazing survival of a twelve-year-old girl who fell 15 floors down a chimney shaft at the Westbeth Building in the West Village. The FDNY believes she owes her life to the two ...

Q: How can I know if my chimney needs cleaning? Is there a way I can check this? A: If you notice a sour smell around your fireplace, it is caused by the buildup of creosote in your chimney, according ...