Statistics show cooking fires triple on Thanksgiving Day

  • Thanksgiving Day has the highest occurence of home fires of the year. Cooking fires can be avoided by ensuring all cooking projects, whether on the stovetop or the in the oven, are attended. Alexandria Randolph | dispatch record
    Thanksgiving Day has the highest occurence of home fires of the year. Cooking fires can be avoided by ensuring all cooking projects, whether on the stovetop or the in the oven, are attended. Alexandria Randolph | dispatch record

    While Thanksgiving elicits in most of us thoughts of family companionship and full bellies, for some it can be associated with sirens and smoke.

    According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the likelihood of having a home fire more than doubles on Thanksgiving Day compared to any other day of the year.

    National Fire Protection Association statistics show that Thanksgiving is the peak day fo…