Barbecue Safely
Use all barbecue grills away from the house in the backyard. Supervise children whenever any grill is in use. Never use gasoline on any grill!
Keep all LP-gas outside, 10 feet away from building openings such as doors, windows, and dryer vents; 20 feet away from air-intake vents; and 20 feet away from all ignition sources. All LP-gas cylinders with a capacity between 4-40 lbs. must be equipped with an overfill protection device.
Use only charcoal lighter fluid to start charcoal grills. Once the coals have been lighted, never add more lighter fluid to the fire - flames may travel up the stream of lighter fluid resulting in serious burns.
For more barbecue and summer safety tips please follow this link to the Massachusetts Fire Marshal's website http://www.mass.gov/eopss/docs/dfs/dfs-briefs/may-2013/4-summersafetytips.pdf