APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Thanksgiving Day is the number one day for
cooking fires. That's according to the National Fire Protection
Association. That Thursday in November, you're three times as
likely as any normal day to have a cooking fire. And the most
dangerous part is frying a turkey. "You've got a lot of things
going on, you've got high heat, a lot of oil and a lot of
inexperience," Appleton Fire Department public information
officer Scott Karpinski tells FOX 11. But the danger goes beyond
the deep fryer. The U.S. Fire Administration says 2,000 fires
happen on Thanksgiving Day each year and more than 90 percent of
them start in the kitchen. The message? "Awareness, knowing what
you are cooking and who you are cooking with and keeping kids
out of the kitchen," said Karpinski. Fire prevention experts
recommend staying in the kitchen when cooking. Regularly
checking food left in the oven or on the stove top and keeping
flammable items away from open flames. The U.S. Fire
Administration says on average Thanksg