Personal wood smoke stories
Panic and coughing
…I have 3 neighbors that burn wood and other items in outdoor furnaces and indoor wood stoves…
Air quality deteriorating in a smoke control area
More and more of my neighbours are opening up fires and installing log burners…
Suffering in a smoke control area
The very large house behind me often has four wood-burning stoves going at any one time, all day every day…
Fire pit smokes out house
…My neighbors insist upon having fires constantly. My home completely fills with smoke…
At a great loss I moved
I have significant heart disease and cannot believe there aren’t more laws to protect people from this pollution…
A “nightmare” in Victoria, Australia
…their chimney is at my eye level about 15 feet off my verandah, living room and bedroom…
Apartment smells like smoke
His wood burning makes our entire apartment smell like smoke even when all of the windows and doors are closed…
Forced to leave Dundas, Ontario
…a close neighbor started outdoor burns in his backyard using a vintage wood stove with an attached, homemade 4.5' smokestack…
Smoked out by a Defra-approved stove
…Three air purifiers in the house, no ventilation possible, caused mould for the first time ever… Soot on the walls…
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