Smoke cobwebs...are they real?

7/27/2021 (Permalink)

A very common question we get from homeowners that have recently experienced a fire in their homes is “was my home full of spiders? There are blacken cobwebs everywhere now.” And the answer is no, those are not the regular webs found in our home.  In reality, spider webs burn very quickly during a fire, considering that temperatures inside the home can reach 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit.

These strange black soot webs are formed when there is the presence of wet smoke combined with poor airflow, that is why they are mostly found in ceiling corners. When synthetic materials such as polymers and plastics burn, they form charged particles. These particles damaged by smoke are attracted to each other, forming a chain that molds itself into a web formation.

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Source: Chemistry at StackExchange