Do not enter, operate or detail a fire-damaged vehicle until the fire service, insurer and appropriate technical specialists have declared the next steps safe.

Heat, soot and extinguishing agents can affect wiring, airbags, plastics, glass and structural materials beyond what surface cleaning reveals.

Where the vehicle is repairable, contaminated materials may need removal or replacement before specialist cleaning and neutralisation.

The original claim that a few hours of vapour makes fire odour disappear is not a safe or supportable generalisation. AVP would accept work only within a documented post-assessment scope.