Candles + Blackouts + Idiots = oops

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(1 November 2013, 17:08)River Song Wrote: As someone mentioned, tea lights are a good deal. My experience is that tea lights should be put in a saucer for safety possibly with some water in the bottom.

Ikea (and I'm sure other places) do little tea-light sized glass holders.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00114167/

These are just one example but only £2 for 12.
These help reduce the change of the tea-light being able to set fire to any adjacent material and also make the light heavier and therefore less likely to get knocked over. Still candles are one of the highest causes of house fires right now (pre-SHTF).
Keep the area around candles clear of flammable things (like curtains)
Don't leave candles unattended and have some means to extinguish a fire if it starts, even a bucket of sand is better than running to another room in the house to try and find something to smother it with. Fire spreads frighteningly quickly sometimes.