During Any Fire Damage Incident In Little Rock, Water Can Be A Factor

7/30/2021 (Permalink)

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Water Can Be A Factor During A Fire Damage Incident

If a fire ever starts on a property in Little Rock, several different occurrences can negatively affect your home. If a blaze gets hot enough, it can burn and combust any substance in its way, using it as fuel to grow. Once part of your house becomes ablaze, flames can spread throughout the building very quickly. Smoke coming from the burn also travels around a structure and causes damage in areas not close to the source.

As a result of the fire igniting on your property, it is also possible that the fire causes issues with water and the heat and smoke the blaze creates. When mitigating fire damage near Little Rock, our SERVPRO technicians inspect moisture levels inside your home to see if there is destruction due to water along with the heat-related problems. Once a fire starts, it can cause excessive moisture to exist inside a structure after being put out in a few different ways.

Everyone knows that the best way to extinguish a fire is to use water. When the fire department gets called, they often use copious amounts of water to extinguish the blaze. Some buildings have an automatic sprinkler system that can flood houses when they get activated by heat. In other scenarios, burnt walls or structural components can fall into water pipes causing them to burst and squirt water all over the place.

Water & Fire Damage Restorations

If water gets into your home either after or during a fire, it can cause additional problems with the restoration process. Some materials can be more challenging to clean if they got wet. Water can soak soot residues deeper into porous substances making the soils nearly impossible to remove. Water can also cause soot to streak and create more issues.

If water stays inside organic materials for too long, microbial growth can occur, creating more replacement and cleaning in addition to the smoke and soot residue removal. In most situations, our SERVPRO technicians dry out the area affected by moisture before cleaning takes place. Drying out structural components before treating them for smoke damage can prevent secondary damage during the cleaning process and make soot removal easier. 

If you ever need help with issues related to water and fire damage, call SERVPRO of Little Rock at (501) 803-9700 any day of the week.