Claim: An image shows a magazine DIY tip from the 1950s instructing readers to burn zinc batteries in the fireplace in order to prevent soot formation and produce colorful flames is real.
Fact-check: FACT CHECK: Were Homeowners Encouraged to Burn Batteries to Prevent Chimney Soot?
Verdict: true
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Dan Evon
Date published: 2016-08-12T13:14:34