Yeah! Now our house won't burn down!

Last week, Jim was sitting in the living room with his laptop. For quite a while he had 'been gonna' get up and do some stuff in the garage, but just did.....luckily for us! While he was sitting there a burning log rolled out of the fireplace, off the hearth and onto the carpet!! He jumped up and grabbed the tongs and got it off the carpet and it only burned a dime-sized spot on the carpet....so that was good. I was in the tub when this happened and was picturing a log-sized burn mark, so dime-sized was great. This is about the second or third time that this has happened.......but the other times the log just rolled onto the brick hearth.....still, Jim was really worried about it....and this was the final straw! Those chain-mail 'curtains' that are on the front of the fireplace are pretty much useless!! GRRRR!!!
Now we have a really heavy cast-iron screen on the hearth in front of the fireplace. No more logs on the carpet!!!!