Thanksgiving is the top day each year when it comes to home-cooking fires. To try to keep that troubling trend to a minimum, the National Fire Protection Association is working to get safety tips out to whoever plans to be in the kitchen this Turkey Day.

“Thanksgiving is a hectic holiday with multiple dishes cooking and baking at the same time, and along with guests, entertaining, and other distractions, it can be easy to lose sight of what’s on the stove or in the oven,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of outreach and advocacy at NFPA. “With all these factors at play, it’s no surprise that we consistently see a dramatic spike in home-cooking fires on Thanksgiving.”

On an annual average between 2019 and 2023, cooking accounted for roughly 80% of home fires on Thanksgiving nationally

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