Home Heating Oil Safety

Many people think all oil is flammable, and that’s simply not true.Heating oil is as safe as water. If you take a match and drop it into a vat of heating oil you’ll find the flame fizzles out—that’s because it’s only ignitable by what’s called an “advanced burning system,” a common mechanism in home-heating furnaces.

Home heating oil gives off clearly recognizable signs before the air can reach dangerous carbon monoxide levels such as soot, odors, and smoke. Plus, the fumes from home heating oil are not fatal, which means should you have an emergency you will have a much better chance of realizing what’s going on before it’s too late.