The Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving the Morro Bay Community Center was full of volunteers, taking on the hefty task of preparing 800 Thanksgiving meals.

The typical Thanksgiving turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing will be served, but how do they, and you at home, make sure all of this food is prepared safely?

Fire Captain Erin Riffle at Cal Fire Station 21 shared a few turkey tips.

“You want to make sure children are not near the stove and everything like that right cause they might be reaching out on top of the stove to grab something and hurt themselves and never leaving the kitchen unattended," Riffle said. "Grease fire inside the house in a frying pan the best way to put that out is putting a lid over it."

According to the , 80% of fires on Thanksgiving day are due to cooking.

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