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Be Mindful this Thanksgiving, and Fry Your Turkey Safely!
11/26/2024 (Permalink)
Every year, there is an average of two thousand house fire calls, that occur due to turkey frying on Thanksgiving. It causes an average of five deaths a year and millions of dollars in property damage to homeowners.
How to prevent these issues from occurring
- Make sure your turkey is completely thawed out, a frozen turkey when dropped into the fryer can combust.
- Do not place fryer underneath deck or inside garage
- Make sure kids and pets are inside when frying is active
- Make sure the pot isn’t over filled with oil
- Make sure thermostat is not defected
One of the main reasons, turkey frying is so dangerous, is because people do not set up the process properly. Due to its volatility, it’s very important to make sure the turkey is completely thawed out. Do not try and fry a turkey when it is still frozen in the center. Due to its density while frozen, when it is dropped into the fryer the frozen molecules in the turkey will rapidly spread far apart. This causes the turkey to combust.
The second main reason, turkey frying is so dangerous is because people tend to place their fryers under decks or in a garage. When the flames spike for any number of reasons, it catches the home on fire.
Another cause of a turkey fryer fire is that the pot is too heavy with oil and the turkey. This causes it to tip over and ignite the spilt oil. Or when the turkey is placed into the overfilled pot of oil, it overflows and spills into the ignitor.
Always keep pets and children away from the fryer. Curious pets and children will tend to knock into the fryer or check it and cause a spill to the fryer, which results in a fire.
While a fried turkey may taste good and be a family tradition, we do advise you to seek other safe options to cook your turkey this Thanksgiving. Due to the unpredictability of turkey frying it poses many safety and health risks to people and their homes.
If a fire does occur in you or a loved ones home this Thanksgiving, and you aren’t sure who to call.
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