Sparks, smoke, a hot-plastic smell or black marks at an outlet or switch. Breaker off, hands off, call. If there is a flame, 911 first.
In this order. None of it needs tools.
Get everyone out and call 911 from outside. A fire inside a wall spreads where you cannot see it. Everything below is for after there is no flame.
Find the breaker for that outlet and push it OFF. If you do not know which one, turn off the main. Do not pull the plug out while it is sparking.
Do not reset the breaker, do not plug anything back in, do not take the cover off to look. The connection behind it has already overheated and the damage is inside the box.
A burnt outlet is a one-hour repair for us and a house fire if it is left. We answer 24/7, and this symptom goes to the front of the line.
We would rather tell you it can wait than sell you a night call.
Licensed, bonded and insured electricians. Background-checked crew.
Say what you see. Burning, sparks, shock or no power goes to the front of the line; a technician reaches out within 1 business hour, usually much sooner.
The first job is to stop the danger: circuit off, fault isolated, nothing left live that should not be. You get the exact price before any repair, and you approve it first.
Repaired with the right parts, tested under load, the next connection checked so it does not come back next week.
Emergency calls across both counties south of I-90, from our shop in Covington.
Covington, Kent, Maple Valley, Black Diamond, Auburn, Enumclaw, Renton, Federal Way, Des Moines, Burien, SeaTac, Tukwila, Issaquah, Pacific, Algona
Puyallup, Tacoma, Bonney Lake, Lake Tapps, Sumner, Orting, Buckley, Graham, Spanaway, Lakewood
The outlet is the symptom. The damage is in the wires and the box behind it, and sometimes in the next outlet on the circuit. We replace the device, cut back the burnt wire, re-terminate and test the rest of the run.
A loose connection arcing inside, a worn outlet that no longer grips the plug, a damaged cord, or too much load through an old device. We find which tonight.
With the breaker off and no smell, yes. If the smell is still there with the circuit off, no: that means something else is hot. Call us from outside.
Yes. Burning and sparking go to the front of the line. We answer 24/7.
Exact price once we see the damage, before any work starts, and you approve it first.
Exact price before any work starts, approved by you first, any hour.