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Local News Convinced You Will Burn Your House Down While Frying Turkey

Ray Gustini 629 Views Nov 25, 2010
Frying a turkey is delicious. It is also very, very dangerous. In case you were not aware of this, here is a brief collection of segments produced by local newscasts about what can happen when you throw--literally throw--the carcass of a 40-pound bird into a vat of grease. (Fire. Lots and lots of fire.)

Fox 26 (Houston)







WVLT (Knoxville)







WBTW (Myrtle Beach)






KXAN (Austin)






KAIT (Jonesboro)





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