Thanksgiving may be a day for feasting with family and friends. But it also proves to be a particularly dangerous occasion, especially because of cooking-related accidents. One of the key culprits? The increasingly popular ritual of frying your holiday turkey. The Insurance Information Institute reports that “Thanksgiving Day is the peak day for fires caused by cooking,” with roughly 1,000 home fires occurring on the holiday annually.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Market Watch

VIDEO: A dog was cold and wet but otherwise appeared to be OK after being rescued from a partially frozen lake south of Seattle Monday. South King Fire crews were sent to Fishers Pond in Federal Way, Washington, Monday morning. Video from the scene shows a dog was struggling in the waters some 30 to 40 yards from the shore.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Weather

A man is in critical condition after sustaining “extensive burns” early Saturday morning in the Nevada Heights neighborhood. Firefighters responded to a 911 call for smoke in a residence at midnight at 307 E. Euclid Ave., according to a Spokane Fire Department news release and the PulsePoint app. The caller said a man on the second floor was in a locked room and not responding to calls to evacuate.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

Detectives are seeking information from the public related to a homicide and arson investigation after human remains were found in the aftermath of a fire near Auburn last week, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. On Thursday, Nov. 17 at around 1:30 a.m., deputies and the sheriff’s office’s Fire Investigators Unit responded to a travel trailer that was burning in the 30800 block of Military Road South.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency has issued a Stage 1 burn ban that began Tuesday at 11 a.m. The ban applies to all of Yakima County and prohibits the use of uncertified wood stoves, inserts and fireplaces. It also prohibits all outdoor burning. The agency says these restrictions may vary on the boundaries of the Yakama Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CW+ 29 Yakima