Facts About Soot

9/23/2020 (Permalink)

Open fridge affected by soot after a house fire

After fire damage in your home would you think to check the seal on your refrigerator or freezer doors for soot? Probably not. However, soot can penetrate even the smallest places, including the seals on your fridge and freezer like the picture shown here. 

Soot from a fire inside your fridge and refrigerator can and will affect the food and beverages you have inside - therefore, threatening your health. 

Here are a few facts about fire/soot pertaining to the contents of your food/beverages: 

• Heat can cause jars and cans to split and crack allowing contaminants to enter.
• Even if cans and jars appear undamaged, heat can cause the food to spoil.
• Smoke and chemicals from the fire and extinguishing system can penetrate Cryovac packaging, plastic wraps of all kinds, and get under bottle caps or screw tops.
• Firefighting chemicals can taint food and beverages, and packaged products.

Whenever you are dealing with fire/soot in regards to your food and beverages make sure to close the storage container where they are being kept and then call SERVPRO of Rochester professionals to assess the salvageable/unsalvageable items. 

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