Firefighters: Frying a turkey causes 2 houses to catch fire

[The Straight Story]

WALKER, LA (WAFB) -

Firefighters said two houses caught fire on Thanksgiving Day due to someone frying a turkey.

They reported the fire started with a turkey fryer at a home on Johnson Lane at Lockhart Street in Walker and spread to the home next door.

An elderly woman was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation. Relatives said there were no other injuries.

A news crew is on the scene.

More information will be released when it becomes available.

http://www.wsfa.com/story/24092398/firefighters-frying-a-turkey-causes-2-houses-to-catch-fire

[MADem]

1. Good grief...Darwin, Darwin, rah, rah, rah....

This happens EVERY year now....

Back in the old days, people would drop the turkey on their foot and fracture a toe, or slice open a finger trying to carve, but now the Big Thing is the exploding fried turkey that burns down the house!

[Warpy]

2. The only place to deep fry a turkey is on a paved driveway

with no trees overhead. I think most fires are started by oil spillage, so it's better to have too little oil and need to top it up after the turkey is in the fryer than to have too much oil causing a conflagration. Even on a driveway, those are not fun.

And don't forget the fire extinguishers. Get two, they're small.

ETA: if it's raining, you need to forget the fryer and just roast that sucker.

[flvegan]

3. Turkeys should be banned.

Pitbulls are nothing as they didn't set any houses on fire. Only idiots have anything to do with turkeys. Exterminate them from the earth as they seek to only kill people.

Wait...what? No, really it has nothing to do with the owner/operator. I read it here on DU. A number of times.

[The Straight Story]

4. So...ban porn, smokes, guns, turkey fryers, large sodas, fast food, e-cigs, hunting,

and just about anything that can ever do harm.

[flvegan]

6. You missed beer.

[Angleae]

8. And anything spicy.

[sweetapogee]

11. and home

meth labs

[pinboy3niner]

5. "A news crew is on the scene."

Thank God they got there in time!

[pansypoo53219]

7. this is why people need to desire GRAVY!

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Just cook the damn thing in the oven, people.

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. If you are going to deep fry a turkey,

you better damn well know what you are doing.

It can be done safely, but people need to follow a preparation and cooking checklist to the letter. They especially need to choose a very safe place so they won't burn everything down. Even then, you better have a fire extinguisher ready for unforeseen circumstances.

A fire extinguisher should be required in kitchens anyway. It doesn't have to be the biggest one known to man.

[Jenoch]

12. I don't know why people are still

deep frying turkeys. That fad has long since passed. The oil costs more than the turkey, what's the point?

My brother started his woodpile and attached garage in this manner. He's a cop and knows most of the firemen in his town. He was quite embarrassed, but he had the fire put out before the fire truck arrived.