(Undated) – Mother’s Day is Sunday and with a forecasted high in the upper 70s, you may be tempted to fire up the grill. Authorities are reminding you to stay safe when you do so. According to the National Fire Protection Association, based on 2014-2018 averages, fire departments went to an annual average of eighty-nine-hundred home fires involving grills, hibachis, or barbecues including thirty-nine-hundred structure fires and nearly five-thousand outside or unclassified fires. Children under five accounted for an average of 2,000 or 39%, of the contact-type burns per year. These burns typically occurred when someone, often a child, bumped into, touched, or fell on the grill, grill part, or hot coals. Learn how to stay safe and other handy grilling tips by following the link below.
