FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Thanksgiving is the busiest day across the nation for fire departments.
Fire departments respond to about 4500 calls involving cooking fires.
Fresno Fire’s Hector Vasquez says across the nation, cooking fires involving turkeys cause 27 million dollars in damages each year.
So the Fresno Fire Department has some tips:
When you cook the turkey do it in a safe area and on stable ground where it can’t tip over.
Make sure the oil in your cooker is not displaced by the weight of the turkey to where it overflows and can be a hazard.
Cook outdoors or in a wide open place, and keep a fire extinguisher on hand.
Do not use water to put out an oil fire.
Vasquez says an ABC fire extinguisher is going to work the best to douse the flames.
Click below to listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern:
