Chimney Fires This is a small chimney fire. See the ash being blown out which can land on your roof and catch it on fire. Sometimes this thick smoke backs up into the house, filling it completely and causing thousands of dollars of smoke damage. This is a bigger and hotter chimney fire! Temperatures can reach 2100 degrees in just a few minutes and melt brick! This is what a chimney fire can do to your house. This is pipe installed too close to combustibles. You can see clearly that there is no crack in the pipe. It's just the heat of the pipe touching the wood that starts the fire. This is what a chimney fire does to a metal chimney. This is creosote like solid rocket fuel! This is what fuels a chimney. Close Window