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<h1>Fire Damage - What to Do Right Away</h1>
Has there just been a fire at your home or office? If so, you probably have smoke and water damage in addition to the fire damage. Here is what you should right away:
  • Contact a local cleanup / restoration company (franchise) and ask them to come help you.
  • Place something waterproof between furniture legs and carpeting, to prevent corrosion or wood splitting of the furniture legs. Aluminum foil and wood blocks usually work for this.
  • Coat chrome-plated appliances and faucets with oil or petroleum jelly.
  • As much as possible, don't disturb soot particles because you don't want them to spread to un-damaged parts of the proprety.
  • Don't wash any painted surfaces.
  • Don't shampoo the carpet.
  • Don't send your clothing to a dry cleaner, unless they know how to safely remove smoke odor and soot.
  • Avoid cleaning electrical equipment unless you are qualified to do so.
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