Happy Thanksgiving to All!
As families around the United States celebrate Thanksgiving, the kitchen is a main focus. It makes sense then that Thanksgiving day also has the highest total of 911 calls for kitchen fires of any day in the year. Here’s a video offering some good advice about how to avoid kitchen fires and how to react if they do happen.
The most important tips:
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Stay in the kitchen while cooking
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Keep flammable objects like oven mitts away from the stove
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Never throw water on a grease fire
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Slide a lid over a pan on fire
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Baking soda can help to put out the fire
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Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen & know how to use it
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Call 911 immediately
These simple precautions will keep the focus where it should be: On the fact that no matter how near or far your family and friends are, there’s always something to be thankful for.
