Tired of Eating Fast Food after an Oakland Kitchen Fire? Call SERVPRO for Restoring and Rebuilding

6/19/2019 (Permalink)

SERVPRO Training and Advanced Equipment Restore First, Repair Second Fire Damaged Properties in Oakland

Fire Damage Out of the Frying Pan into the Oakland Home

Cooking is the root cause of most fire damage to residential properties. Protein fires are also among the most pungent after the fact and often require multiple methods of odor-control applications.

SERVPRO worked on fire damage in an Oakland home where one evening a homeowner made dinner on the stove, and a pan of grease caught fire. Not knowing to starve the fire of oxygen by covering the pan with a lid, the homeowner moved the flaming pan to the kitchen sink and attempted to put it out with water. This mistake ignited a violent flash fire that caught the curtains over the kitchen sink on fire and quickly engulfed a section of the kitchen and spread smoke throughout the house.

In a case of significant grease fire damage, the best outcome for the kitchen is to get it ready for reconstruction. That means we need to remove all charred sheetrock and room elements too destroyed for restoration. Because soot particles exist that are smaller than the human eye can see they easily find their way into airtight jars resulting in the need for most consumable items to be discarded for health and safety reasons.

To avoid further contamination in other areas of the home, we packed out the contents of the house for sanitation and deodorization at our local facility. Our pack out procedures are organized and include an itemized list, photos, and location the item came from so it can be put back exactly as it was. We can utilize the CCIS Contents Claim Inventory Service that we offer and even scan tag items for cataloging.

We then deployed air scrubbers with HEPA filtration and hydroxyl generators throughout the house to thoroughly neutralize remaining smoke odors.  Our SERVPRO location holds a General Contractor License #937457, and we performed the reconstruction services on the kitchen to bring it back to preloss condition and get it ready for preparing meals again. Then we moved the restored home furnishings back into the home.

SERVPRO of San Leandro is part of the local community and stands ready to help property owners mitigate fire damage 24/7. Call us at (510) 352-2480 and our trained, and certified technicians can make the fire loss in your home "Like it never even happened."

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