Please explain these sparks in the comments, thanks

They shoot out from the wood stove, but they don't always originate from inside the stove. Some of them just appear. I've never had them shoot out this far before. They are cool to the touch if they hit my skin. They don't burn my shirt, or the carpet. What causes this?

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• fireplace
• wood stove
• wood
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• stove
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[kinram]

DEMONS, CLEARLY YOUR STOVE IS HAUNTED.

[imstopable14]

Its a very small abundance of oxygen in the air, as in the air has a slightly higher oxygen content than normal. This is NOT dangerous at these levels. It only happens with cured/green woods is because those woods have a greater amount of oxygen than dead wood. Cool as hell though.

[Hannible100]

Its the type of wood you are burning we had the same problem with ours. Now we only burn Oak thats been air died for 2 years, but we always have the door closed as we run our central heating and domestic hot water from it. Workes well and cheaper than other fuels. 

[legitgolden]

ur a fuckn idiot...haven't u herd of fairy dust??? lol

[WeirdBoi75]

yea there are little air pockets in the wood so they randomly explode at times

especially when you hit them.

[theandyherbert]

EXTREME pop rocks

or at least thats what it sounds like

[Phrozone4250]

MAGIC 

[DemolishR94]

air pockets in the wood :/

[pccalcio]

I agree with "wooposteh", it is something in the wood, probably bugs.

[n00b9000]

Small bits of hot wood reacting to the air?