ALBANY, N.Y. -- One of the charms of winter is a blazing fireplace. But if you are not thrilled about stoking the fire every few minutes, sparks, lugging wood and cleaning out ashes and chimney ...

John Keprios now has three remote controls at his Minnesota home: one for the TV, another for the VCR — and then there’s the one for the fireplace. Press “auto” and flames burst from his hearth of ...

Hazard: The plug-in wall unit can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: Dimplex has received about 5,000 reports of the plug-in wall units overheating including 19 ...

Talking of remote controls – and I’m showing my ignorance here – I didn’t know you could even have remotes for electric fireplaces… Talking of remote controls – and I’m showing my ignorance here – I ...

Q: My gas log fireplace worked just fine last winter, but I couldn’t light the pilot light this fall. There’s no brand name on the log, so I don’t know where or who to call for instructions. Can you ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Brrr, it's cold out there. Let's just go inside and start a fire - but what's that? The pilot light on your gas fireplace is out and you can't get it going again. Here's how to ...