Thanksgiving remains the leading day for cooking fires, with three times as many cooking fires as an average day, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
They also found that cooking-equipment fires are still the leading cause of U.S. home fires and fire injuries, and the third leading cause of fire deaths. On Thanksgiving 2008, U.S. fire departments responded to 1,300 home-cooking fires compared to 420 such fires on an average day.
The Schriever Fire Department encourages all to pay special attention to what they are cooking this year.
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