Chimney fire in Barga Vecchia – barganews.com v 3.0

Chimney fire in Barga Vecchia

So the hot summer weather has finished and we move into that September time of year where it is still warm during the day but starts to get chilly at night time.

It is always interesting to see who will be the first person to say enough is enough – it is now too chilly in the house for comfort and it is time to think about maybe putting on the heating.

In this area many houses are still heated using the old system of wood cut down and brought in from the forests on the mountains around the city.

Unfortunately one of the drawbacks of heating a house by wood is that the chimney has to be regular swept.