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We had a wood burniong stove in our house in Fallbrook, CA (home of Henry Schmidt's shop) back in the late 80's and early 90's when I was in the Navy. We burned avocado wood and it heated the house, but burned very fast. We were always paranoid about the chance of a fire, so it wasn't as enjoyable as it could have been. We had a very efficient wood burning stove and never had a problem, but we never went to bed until the fire had burned out and we had a very safe distance from the hearth to the closest combustible item in the house. We also had the flue and chimney professionally checked before we started burning wood.