GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY — Thanksgiving is now less than a week away.

It’s a time when many of you spend a lot of extra time cooking.

It’s also a time when fire departments across the nation and here in Northern Michigan see an increase in calls for kitchen fires.

The Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department is on stand-by just in case what you’re doing in the kitchen on Thanksgiving gets out of hand.

According to the latest data available, the National Fire Protection Association says 1,446 cooking fires were reported on Thanksgiving Day in 2023, that is a 388% increase over what happens during a normal day.

“Stay in the kitchen. That way, you can keep, you know, children, at least three feet away, and you can always monitor it. And that way you’re prepared in case there was any type of iss

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