A cigarette butt in a potted plant sparked a third-floor fire that required six fire trucks and 35 firefighters to contain. The resulting fire, smoke, and water damage affected 28 units, forcing 33 units to evacuate. Incredible Restorations restored the building, including extensive shear-wall drying behind the hallway walls.
A discarded cigarette butt in a potted plant ignited a fire on the building’s third floor. Six fire trucks and 35 firefighters responded, using large amounts of water to contain the blaze.
The fire, smoke, and firefighting water affected 28 units across the building, with damage ranging from minor water intrusion near entry doors to units flooded floor-to-ceiling, including exterior walls. Thirty-three units in total had to be evacuated.
The hallway walls were built with plywood shear wall construction behind the drywall. When drywall is compressed directly against wood shear wall, water and moisture soak into the wood, and the wall cannot fully dry without removing the drywall. As a result, roughly 90% of the hallway drywall had to be removed to reach and dry the shear wall underneath.
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