Pets Setting Fires in Mountain Iron Homes?

6/20/2023 (Permalink)

We are leaders in fire damage restoration services in St. Louis County.

Do you know that your pet could start a fire in your home? According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), pets are responsible for starting over 750 home fires each year. Pets are curious by nature, and they can start fires by bumping into, turning on, or knocking over cooking equipment. Mountain Iron residents rely on our local Aitkin, Carlton, and West St. Louis Counties teams to restore fire damage quickly and efficiently.

Here are some pet fire safety tips from the NFPA to keep your pets safe around fire:

• Keep pets away from stoves and countertops
• Keep pets away from candles, lamps, and space heaters
• Always use a metal or heat-tempered glass screen on a fireplace and keep it in place
• Keep pets away from a chimney’s outside vents.
• Have a “pet-free zone” of at least three feet away from the fireplace. Glass doors and screens can stay dangerously hot for several hours after the fire goes out.
• Some pets are chewers. Watch pets to make sure they don’t chew through electrical cords. Have any problems checked by a professional.

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When you have a fire damage emergency in your home or commercial business in Mountain Iron, our local team in Aitkin, Carlton, and West St. Louis Counties will restore the damage “Like it never even happened.” Call us today at 218-879-6141.

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