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If you experience a fire in your home, you may end up incurring more damage beyond what the fire actually touches. The smoke and soot produced by the fire can cause health issues and expensive secondary damages, especially if not cleaned promptly and thoroughly by professionals.
Smoke and soot contain chemicals from everything that burned in the fire. In a typical house fire, soot contains a lot of chemicals from plastics, foams, fabrics, carpets, wood products, and potentially asbestos-containing materials. All of these, when they enter your bloodstream through soot and smoke, can cause significant health problems.
Airborne soot particles are not visible, so without proper personal protective equipment (PPE), these chemicals may enter your bloodstream through your eyes, skin, inhalation, or ingestion without you even noticing. In milder cases, these chemicals can cause respiratory issues such as shortness of breath, asthma, and bronchitis. In more extreme cases, exposure to soot and smoke can cause heart attacks, strokes, or cancer. It is best not to take such a big risk for your health! Hire professionals to help clean soot and smoke up properly and safely.
Ash and soot residue begin settling immediately after a fire, and they will not go away on their own. This residue can cause permanent discoloration to textiles, clothing, walls, and ceilings, and it can also ruin wood finishings and rust metals. Soot is highly corrosive, so it can damage electrical components inside appliances and computers. Ash and soot also ruin both perishable and nonperishable foods, medicines, and cosmetics, so these items should be thrown out if you see signs of soot, smoke discoloration, or dust from a fire extinguisher. Sometimes, textiles, clothing, appliances, and computers can be salvaged and restored after smoke damage, however, this is best handled by content restoration specialists.
If you experience a fire or other disaster, give us a call at 844-DRY-KING. We will ensure that we respond as soon as possible to meet your water, fire, and smoke damage recovery needs. We put our heart and time into making sure that any property we get called to will be restored to its pre-loss condition.