Glendale, CA Restaurant Suffers Fire Damage

9/21/2022 (Permalink)

Our fire damage technicians understand how to get rid of soot and ash completely.

Local Fine Dining Eatery in Flames

SERVPRO® of Central Glendale is always happy to help local businesses in the surrounding areas with any water or fire damage that may occur. That is exactly what happened to a local restaurant near the Glendale Galleria. The kitchen caught fire, which forced smoke to spread into the vents. It was good that our trained fire technicians got there just in time to reverse the damage early.

The entire fine dining establishment was affected, unfortunately. What was worse, the fire happened during business hours with customers in the restaurants. Once the restaurant guests were safely evacuated, the city’s fire department put the fire out. The owner, understandably distraught, did not know what to do. Our project manager explained the process and helped him every step of the way. He answered all his questions and recommended our SERVPRO® crew begin removing the ash and suit immediately. The property owner agreed, signed paperwork with us, and our fire techs got to work.

Our Fire Technicians Work Fast

First, the crew split up into two teams – one team to tackle all the water left by the fire department that extinguished the fire and another to work on clearing out the vents and wiping up ash and soot. The first team extracted all the dirty water that was on the floor and all over the stoves and ovens. It can get messy when water hits a fire, since it smudges. SERVPRO®’s formulated cleaning materials cut the time in half when deep cleaning a surface.  

Since ash and suit smear, it takes commercial-grade solutions to remove it. In our experience, one wipe just does not cut it. Once surfaces are wiped down, suit and ash tend to settle back onto it. Because of this, our crew wiped all areas of the affected restaurant two to three times to confirm it was gone entirely.

Within 5 days, the entire establishment was like new again. The owner was thrilled since her business was not closed for too long and they opened their days just in time for the weekend rush. We are happy that she decided to give us a call, we were able to show her that fire damage can disappear when our team is involved.

Call Your Local SERVPRO® 

If you live in the Los Angeles or San Fernando area and have experienced a fire, do not panic. Call our expert fire damage staff at 818-246-2200 today to see how we can help you. The sooner you deal with fire damage, the less expensive it will be.