Thanksgiving the peak time for cooking fires

Cooking-related fires peak during the Thanksgiving holiday, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Data compiled by the USFA—a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency—projects that there were over 2,000 residential building fires reported to U.S. fire departments from 2011 to 2013. The average number of reported residential building fires on Thanksgiving Day was more than twice the average on all other days, and these fires caused an estimated 10 deaths, 50 injuries and $28 million in property losses, a USFA report states.

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Source: Community Impact- Round Rock