Fire Damage from Cigarettes in Your Boynton Beach Home

3/13/2018 (Permalink)

Smoking is one of the leading causes of house fires, it is important to properly dispose of cigarettes after use.

Call SERVPRO As Soon As the Flames Are Out to Minimize Further Damage

While people in Boynton Beach commonly focus on the adverse health effects of cigarettes, it is important to remember that smoking indoors can lead to a fire. Smoking is a leading cause of house fires, especially when cigarettes or other smoking materials are improperly disposed of. A cigarette that is lit and tossed into your trash can create a fire in only seconds and engulf your entire property in flames. E-cigarettes are also a safety hazard, as they can malfunction and explode.

If you are a smoker, it is always safest to smoke outside of your Boynton Beach home and then properly dispose of your cigarettes. If an accident happens, and fire and fire damage have occurred in your home from cigarettes, you need help restoring it. Our technicians at SERVPRO can help you clean up the damage and get your life back on track.

After fire damage, the first twenty-four to forty-eight hours of recovery is crucial. Our effective emergency response stabilizes your structure to ensure we can recover as much property as possible. The acidic smoke and soot damage which is produced when fires are extinguished speeds up the corrosion and deterioration of vital assets and building components. To make matters worse, fires are usually put out with dry chemicals or water. The smoke odor left behind is toxic and has to be neutralized and deodorized.

SERVPRO’s fire damage restoration process includes mitigating the damage, doing the cleanup of smoke damage, and restoration of water damage as well. We do these as fast as possible after the fire happened. Besides the visible structural damage, we have to evaluate contents in your home based on different factors. These include loss of use, replacement versus restoration, the effect of heat and smoke, loss of value, sentimental value, and decreased life expectancy.

Our full restoration services can include emergency board-up, demolition, film application for soot removal, mitigating damage from smoke with thermal deodorization, and total reconstruction. When the last step requires massive rebuilding, we work with licensed professional contractors to help us.

SERVPRO of Boynton Beach understands that after a fire in your home in Boynton Beach or nearby areas, you are dealing with a lot. However, we urge you to get in touch with us at (561) 413-9754 as soon as the flames are out so we can mitigate as much damage as possible and avoid further issues.

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