My family loves candles and buys them constantly. On these candles they say to stop burning them at a certain point to prevent fires. They don’t care and burn it past that point. I always see these low candles and put them out because I don’t want a fire. How can I explain to my family in a way they will understand and stop lighting candles with less than an inch left?
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It is *unattended* candles that pose a fire risk.
Your family might be comforted if a candle is placed on something large and ~~inflammable~~ non-flammable, like a plate.
Any candle will eventually burn all the wick and will go out.
The fire risk is will it fall or will it burn through its container.
edit: non-flammable, not inflammable
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