VIDEO: Thanksgiving has become synonymous with eating turkey — but it can also lead to disaster if you’re not careful with the deep-fryer.
In fact, Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association, followed by Christmas and Christmas Eve. In 2017, fire departments across the country responded to an estimated 1,600 cooking fires.
For those planning to deep-fry their turkey over the holiday season, the Phoenix Fire Department conducted a demonstration of what not to do with the bird. In a video, firefighters at the department’s training academy drop a frozen bird into the pot and flames suddenly shoot up into the sky.