Fireplace tongs

A fireplace tool comprising a tubular stationary member having grasping means located at one end and one or more downwardly depending claw-like tines attached to the opposite end, a telescoping member having one end slidably received within said stationary member and the opposite end terminating in one or more downwardly depending claw-like tines, and an elongate lift member pivotally attached at one end to the upper side of said telescoping member adjacent said tine bearing end and terminating at its opposite end in grasping means, said telescoping member being shiftable between an open position wherein said one or more tines depending from said stationary member are spaced from said one or more tines depending from said telescoping member for accepting a log therebetween and a closed position wherein said one or more tines depending from said stationary member and said one or more tines depending from said telescoping member may be brought into abutting contact with the outer surfaces of the log.