Wax fire damaged my room

[Carolinagrant]

Hey guys,
It is the first time that I am posting in this forum section. I hope I will get the necessary information from here.
I do make candles at home. Last week, my room caught fire due to wax fire. It happened due to the mischievous behavior of my son. He took the paraffin wax( that I use for making candles) without my consent for experimenting. He boiled the paraffin wax and poured it into water & wax fire was formed. He shouted and ran out of the room with minor burns. I scolded him for what he did. When the fire started to spread in my room completely, I called the fire emergency services. They came to the rescue on time and extinguished the fire. My room is almost damaged. So I am planning to hire a nearby fire restoration service. Has anyone hired such services? Has anyone faced a similar experience as me? How can we educate our children on not using candle wax for experiments? Please share your thoughts regarding this matter.
Thank you

[Shari]

Wow, how dangerous.   Glad he wasn't hurt too badly.   You keep your supplies out of his reach and you instruct him not to touch them.   I have a 6 & 7 year old around and they know better than to play with my supplies.  

[candleshiba]

Wow , that sounds really scary. I'm glad that you were able to get it extinguished in time! Also wonder if having liability insurance would help recoup some of the costs of this disaster. How old is your child? I feel like your story should be shared with other chandlers as a lesson learned. 

 

With flammable material and children, I'd go the extra mile to keep materials away from reach, perhaps a storage with a lock? Also teaching them some basics of fire safety...