How safe is it to burn charcoal lighter fluid inside the home to start a fire-place over the long-term [as in every time you start it, you use the fluid]?
I imagine is not very safe, but I can't convince my dad it's not.
This is in a stove fireplace which has a door [which is not completely sealed evidently].
Here are the effects from swallowing it:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002833.htm
I can only imagine it's not much better from inhaling for a couple of seasons every year.