To clean and don'ts ash

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If your home was affected by fire Thomas, there are to take into account some important health care after you covered on a landscape with ash return.

Santa Barbara County Public Health does not recommend cleaning the ash while it is still down and recommends that you wait until conditions improve.

Here are some tips to consider:

• Avoid skin contact with ash. Houses burned with moist skin containing metals, chemicals and potentially asbestos, items that may be considered or touched by inhalation toxic ash and other items.

• If you receive immediately wash ash on the skin. Some wet ash can cause burns.

inhaled ash can irritate the nose, throat and lungs. To avoid potential health problems, the following tips are also recommended:

• Avoid activities that stir ashes. Do not allow children in the ashes or playing in an area where problems ash are disturbed covered. Ash Wash toys before children play with them.

• Use facial contour adjusted N95 mask, gloves, long-sleeved shirts and long pants when clean ash.

• Avoid the ash in the air as much as possible. Avoid dry sweeping. Use of water and a damp cloth or mop for cleaning objects and surfaces.

• In any case, DO NOT USE fan!

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