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Old 10-30-2008, 07:23 AM   #1
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Hello all, I have a quick question to pose to the forum.

My wife and I had a fire at our home over the weekend and due to extensive water, smoke, and fire damage our home was a total loss. My humidor was in our downstairs living room during the fire. The living room itself didn't get burned by the fire but the room had smoke and water. I retreived the humidor shortly after the fire to try and save the stogies. My question is, would you attempt salvage the contents of the box and the box or would you feel that they were tanted in some way due to the fire? I have tried to smell a wide range of my sticks and I can detect no smoke smell of any kind. I am worried however because a humidor in nature will transfer humidity from inside to outside, I would think that could include smoke.

I am curious to see what you guys think. These are covered under my homeowners insurance policy but I don't want to replace them if it is not nessassary.

Thanks in advance.
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Old 10-30-2008, 07:32 AM   #2
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First I am sorry for the lose. I hope everyone was ok.
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Old 10-30-2008, 08:39 AM   #3
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Thank God everybody was OK!

As for the smokes, fire them up and test them, one at a time.
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Old 10-30-2008, 08:49 AM   #4
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I am so sorry about the fire and loss!!!

As far as the stogies go... Look at that as a miracle and enjoy!
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Old 10-30-2008, 08:51 AM   #5
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Check with RHNewfie he had about the same and I believe he was able to save most if not all of them.


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Old 10-30-2008, 09:00 AM   #6
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Sorry to hear about the fire man. I hope you manage to salvage everthing possible! I remember when my fathers house burned down. I lost everything I owned. Good Luck. Best wishes to your family!
As for your smokes I am not educated enough to know about that
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Old 10-30-2008, 09:34 AM   #7
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Sorry to hear about the fire, but most importantly everyone is OK. I would remove them from the Humi in case it has absorbed and smoke...
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Old 10-30-2008, 09:59 AM   #8
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Default Re: Possible Fire Damage

Thanks for all the kind words, both my wife and I are OK and thank God it was only property damage that can be fixed and/or replaced.

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So what size was your humi??
My humidor was a Cordoba and I had about 80 sticks in it. Most of the sticks we still in their cello wrappers but there were a few naked sticks, including my 1 year anniversary PAM 64 torpedo.

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I would remove them from the Humi in case it has absorbed and smoke...
I was thinking the same thing. I am going to order a new humidor or maybe a Vinotemp. I was at Target yesterday and they didn't have any but I will check online and see what I can find.
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Old 10-30-2008, 08:51 AM   #9
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I am so sorry to hear about the fire!! I am soooo glad everyone is ok. I am wondering how long were they inside the house before you got them out? If they were only exposed to the conditions for a short period of time, the chance that the smoke or toxins that were in the air were transferred to your cigars through your humi is very unlikely. So the cigars should be fine to smoke. As a precaution I would look into possibly a new humi. This is all info based on my firefighting experience!! I hope this helps!!

So what size was your humi??
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Old 10-30-2008, 10:33 PM   #10
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Boobar,
Im sorry to hear about your loss, I am a fireman and I imagine it is dificult to be in your position, I do think that by what you are describing sounds as though you may not have lost your smokes, they were removed quickly and if you were able able to be in the area and notice very little damage to the humi itself you may just get lucky, however I would be very careful as smoke from a house fire has a huge amount of carcinogens! If you doubt any at all, toss them all out. -david
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Sorry to hear about the fire, hope everything is ok with you and your family.
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