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Toddler Injured in Cooking Fire

toddler fireThe Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a toddler was injured in a cooking fire.  According to the report by Meg Jones, “A one-year-old boy was burned in a house fire Monday evening. When firefighters arrived at the two-family home around 7:30 p.m., the child and his mother were already outside the home in the 1700 block of W. Capitol Drive, said Battalion 2 Chief Kenton Kais. The boy suffered first- and second-degree burns on his arms and right leg and was taken to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, where he was expected to recover.The blaze was caused by a cooking fire. Fire crews were on the scene for 1 1/2 hours.” Create a three-foot “child-free zonearound the stove. Keep children and pets away from the stove while cooking to prevent burns and scalds

 

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Unattended Cooking Fire House Tour

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We hope not, because the majority of of all house fires start in the kitchen.  In this video from Australia, Fire Investigator Mick Forbes walks us through a unit destroyed by fire  – the cause was a pot left unattended on the stove.  Do you leave cooking unattended?  Check out the tour of this burned out home here: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=781797655188147

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