Can wood-burning fireplaces create carbon monoxide?

or can only gas fireplaces have carbon monoxide?

Public Comments

1. Burning wood creates a lot more CO than natural gas.
2. All that burns creates Carbon Monoxide....
3. yes it can. thats one reason why you never charcol grill in a tent or garage as wood burning will cause carbon monoxide
4. Yes, please. Use Electricity, if possible.
5. Carbon Monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas, produced in large amounts by burning wood with insufficient air. Gas fireplaces also have CO. In almost all cases, you and your family will be fine so long as your chute is clean and the damper is completly open.
6. Wood burning is worse than gas for carbon monoxide!
7. YES, YES, YES. Anything that burns oxygen will emit carbon monoxide. Do NOT inhale!
8. Fireplaces vent-- upward..thus gases rise--smoke being one.
9. YES, BE SURE THE CHIMNEY IS CLEAR SO IT CAN DRAW WELL.
10. Any fire can produce carbon monoxide if it is starved for oxygen. Gas fireplaces burn so clean that if they leak into the room no odor alarms you to the presence of carbon monoxide. If a wood fire leaks, the room stinks and you quickly event out the smoke.
11. Yes it does. It also creates a lot of other chemicals along with the smoke, so most of the time people realize there's a problem long before it (CO) builds up in the home.
12. anything that burns can create carbon monoxide