Home Grilling Safety Tips to Help Avoid a Fire
Summer is synonymous with grilling, and nearly 60% of all grill fires happen from late spring (May) through late summer (August). Grill-related fires damage approximately 9,200 homes per year on average, and when your house catches fire, it will sustain four principal types of damage: Fire Damage Smoke Damage Structural Damage and Water Damage With this in mind, the Alpharetta Water Damage Restoration experts compiled the following grilling safety tips to help you avoid turning your family cookout into a summertime catastrophe. Charcoal and Propane Grill Safety Grilling on either gas or charcoal grills is strictly an outside activity. And for each, getting them fired up is a bit different. The following will help you safely get the fire started: Charcoal Grills: How to Start the Coals – There are a variety of ways to get charcoal ready for use. When you use lighter fluid or starter fluid, do not use other flammable liquids or objects. Charcoal starter fluid is specifi...