Checking Your Household Items After a Fire.

10/27/2016 (Permalink)

The following is provided by The American Red Cross.

-Normal household items, such as cleaning products, can cause toxic fumes and other hazards if they mix.

If you smell a noxious odor, or your eyes water from fumes of mixed chemicals, open a window and get out of your home. Call for professional help. 

-If there are spilled chemicals that do not pose a health risk, be sure to put on rubber gloves in addition to other protective clothing. 

Clean up spills carefully. Discard spilled chemicals and rags used for cleaning according to the advice to local authorities. 

-Throw away food, beverages and medicine exposed to heat, smoke or soot.

Food that was in the freezer can be used if it still has ice crystals on it. If not discard it.