Minn. man burns down garage while cooking Thanksgiving meal

[jazz lady]

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Bill Fickett wanted to give his wife a break from the kitchen on Thanksgiving, so he offered to cook. His kind gesture ended up causing about $14,000 in damage.

"I don't know how it happened," Fickett said. "My wife just had a baby, so I said I'd take care of the turkey."

He decided to try his hand at deep-fat frying a turkey. He borrowed a fryer and got directions from a friend. He bought a thermometer to make sure the oil didn't get too hot.

Fickett said he was heating up about 3 gallons of oil before the fire started. He adjusted the temperature to the recommended 350 degrees, then stepped into the house to get the bird.

Next thing he knew, smoke was pouring out of the garage.

By the time firefighters got there Thursday afternoon, the garage was in flames, said Gene Kostreba, acting assistant fire chief. He said the fire was contained to the garage, which was destroyed. Fickett said it was insured.

No one was injured. The fire was still under investigation, Kostreba said.

Fickett and his family still had a nice Thanksgiving dinner.

"We just had to have chicken instead of turkey," he said. "I'll probably stick to baking them now."

At least it wasn't the house...

 

[TWLs wife]

Originally posted by jazz lady
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Bill Fickett wanted to give his wife a break from the kitchen on Thanksgiving, so he offered to cook. His kind gesture ended up causing about $14,000 in damage.

"I don't know how it happened," Fickett said. "My wife just had a baby, so I said I'd take care of the turkey."

He decided to try his hand at deep-fat frying a turkey. He borrowed a fryer and got directions from a friend. He bought a thermometer to make sure the oil didn't get too hot.

Fickett said he was heating up about 3 gallons of oil before the fire started. He adjusted the temperature to the recommended 350 degrees, then stepped into the house to get the bird.

Next thing he knew, smoke was pouring out of the garage.

By the time firefighters got there Thursday afternoon, the garage was in flames, said Gene Kostreba, acting assistant fire chief. He said the fire was contained to the garage, which was destroyed. Fickett said it was insured.

No one was injured. The fire was still under investigation, Kostreba said.

Fickett and his family still had a nice Thanksgiving dinner.

"We just had to have chicken instead of turkey," he said. "I'll probably stick to baking them now."

At least it wasn't the house...

Foodnetwork warned people to be careful doing that. When God was giving brains out, he much have forgetton this man.

 

[tlatchaw]

A few years back I lived in Reisterstown. One Memorial Day a fellow with a new house put together his new gas grill and invited friends and family over.

He lit the grill in the garage and a fire quickly got out of control, fearing for his new house, he dragged the grill down the driveway and mad it about halfway before the thing really got out of control. He abandoned it among four cars belonging to his guests.

The ensuing fire burned up four cars and the garage before the local fire dept. got things under control. (Not bad considering they were fighting a gasoline tanker fire on the highway about 2 miles away.) Nothing like drinking beer and watching pillars of smoke roll up from either side of the neighborhood!

 

[Pete]

Re: Re: Minn. man burns down garage while cooking Thanksgiving meal

Originally posted by TIGGER6035
Foodnetwork warned people to be careful doing that. When God was giving brains out, he much have forgetton this man.

 

[TWLs wife]

Re: Re: Re: Minn. man burns down garage while cooking Thanksgiving meal

Originally posted by Pete

Thanks Pete!!