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Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink is joining the American Red Cross and the National Fire Protection Association in warning Floridians about the risks of using alternative and unconventional heating sources to keep home heating bills down as fuel costs rise. In time for Fire Prevention Week, which began Oct. 5 and continues through Oct. 11, the American Red Cross and NFPA released the results of a survey showing that up to half of survey respondents intended to use stoves and ovens to keep warm in addition to portable space heaters and fireplaces -- all of which pose fire hazards. The telephone survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adult residents was conducted Sept. 25-28. "Already more deaths occur in home fires than in any other kind of fire," Sink said. "For your safety and your family's safety,... [read full story]
