Nobody Wants To Come Home To This!

9/4/2019 (Permalink)

Devastating to return home to this

Of all the fires reported in the United States every year, 31 percent happen in residential homes. Negligence, open flames, cooking and more are factors in these fires. Half of all house fires start in the kitchen. Not surprising since it’s where you do the most cooking and house many appliances. The dinner hour, between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. is when most fires happen. The picture is showing a devastating kitchen fire that was likely caused by a small appliance. All levels of the home have a thick covering of black soot and will require demolition and rebuild. Appliances account for about 4 percent of house fires. Here’s some appliance safety tips to follow to decrease your chances of something malfunctioning and catching on fire. Make sure it’s UL approved, never plug them into an extension cord or two-slot outlet and unplug anything, within reason, when you’re on vacation.

SERVPRO’s compassionate staff was there to help this family during the initial walk through to look at the extent of the damage, talk with the adjuster and will continue to be there for them into the pack out phase, demolition and rebuild. Our hearts go out to this family and we’re glad that we’re faster to any size disaster to make this difficult situation as little easier for them.