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Fried turkey’s tasty — but is it safe?

Arizona experts offer advice to avoid house fires on Thanksgiving

While families navigate health concerns during the coming holidays while under the pall of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, another concern during Thanksgiving celebrations is fire safety — especially for those who endeavor to deep fry their turkey.

Whether to prevent house fires and horrific injuries while frying such a large bird in scalding, inflammable oil; or to avoid an expensive and inconvenient sewer backup; experts, agencies and city governments all agree there’s a right way and a wrong way to spice up a holiday meal.

Surprise resident Andy Cepon is a professionally trained chef, who worked in food service for more than 25 years.

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