5 Firewood Dangers That Can Put You in the Hospital. Number 4 Is Hiding Inside the Log

5 Firewood Dangers That Can Put You in the Hospital. Number 4 Is Hiding Inside the Log Five firewood dangers that can put you in the hospital, and number four hides under the bark of dead maple. I've heated a house in the Black Forest with wood for forty years, and these are the five every wood burner should know. The log splitter that keeps pushing when the log shifts. The spiders that ride into your house on a split. The chainsaw, behind about seventy emergency room visits a day in America. The black spores of sooty bark disease, and how to spot them in seconds. And the fire that starts after your fire has already gone out.