For a safe, warm winter, here are nine places your space heater should never be. Space heaters can't sit on any surface that can easily scorch or catch on fire. That means you can never place one on a ...

Space heaters tend to cause trouble in older houses at the exact point where convenience meets neglect: the tired wall outlet that has quietly powered lamps for decades. When you plug a high‑draw ...

During colder months, space heater use goes way up—and so do fires. Shop the safest space heaters, as advised by an electrician.