Before

After

Fire started in the bedroom of this West Covina home

On each of our fire damage calls, nerves are shot because of the traumatic experience and loss. In this home, thankfully only minor injuries occurred to the one trying to put out the fire and keep it from spreading, the rest of the family got out safely. Still, it is always sad to see a family lose their personal belongings. Starting all over cannot be easy. Fortunately, once the tenants were safely checked in to a hotel and given basic necessities from the Red Cross, the cleanup began right away. Quite a bit of demolition was needed for highly burned areas while everything else required a methodical deep cleaning to remove the heavy layer of soot to ultimately get the charred burnt smell out of the home. The after photo captures the stage where the terrible smell was indeed removed and the reconstruction process could begin...