"Jim Hall" wrote:

Really? You must be joking..

Wasn't joking at all.

It happened to a relative.

Stacked a cord of wood against the outer wall of the garage.

Would bring wood inside to burn often having excess wood which would
be left on the hearth for the next fire.

After the winter heating season, termites were discovered.

The exterminator identied the fire wood pile as the termite source.

From that point on, they moved the wood pile away from the garage and
left the wood on that pile until it went directly on the fire.

YMMV

Lew