With summertime upon us, here are some grilling safety tips!

The Do's:

• Keep you grill at least 10 feet away from your home
• Clean your grill regularly
• Check for gas leaks
• Keep decorations away from your grill
• Keep a spray bottle handy
• Keep a fire extinguisher nearby

The Don'ts

• Turn on the gas while your lid is closed
• Leave a grill unattended
• Overload your grill with food
• Use a grill indoors

A family in Newport, MI came close to losing their home after the dryer in the basement caught fire.  Luckily the family was home when the dryer caught fire and they were able to call 911 immediately before the whole house was in flames. While their home still had a lot of damage they feel blessed they still have home.

Contrary to what this looks like, it is not spider web, but a phenomenon that happens during a fire called a soot web.  When synthetic and petroleum based products burn, the particles that remain in the air cling to each other and form these chains that become spider web - like formations.  Many people think that the soot from the fire is clinging to existing spider webs, but these actually are completely created from the contents of the fire, and are by no means, indicative of anyone's housekeeping habits. 

This is all that remained of a microwave that caught fire in a Monroe, MI home.  The fire spread through the kitchen, and there was some  major smoke damage in other parts of the home as well, but thank goodness SERVPRO of Carleton/Maybee was there to make it "Like it never even happened."