PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Sales of portable space heaters start to take off this time of year and while they may keep you and your family warm during the winter months, they can be dangerous. Space heaters ...

Space heaters can warm up a chilly room. But beware. They account for one-third of all home-heating fires each year, and more than 80 percent of home-heating fire deaths. Consumer Reports has just ...

They cause around 17-hundred house fires a year and some 70 deaths. And Consumer Reports has an important safety alert on one widely-sold heater. Consumer Reports just tested 19 portable electric ...

Peter Sawchuck with Consumer Reports used one test to assess whether the overheat sensor shuts the heater off before it poses a fire risk. With the Optimus space heater, the sensor did not activate in ...