<p>Firefighters from the Fort Wainwright military base in Alaska have released a video showing the improper way to fry a turkey this Thanksgiving.</p><p>This footage shows the firefighters raising a turkey on a hook, dunking it into a bubbling, fiery pot and stepping back to avoid the ensuing burst of flame. A slow-motion segment can be seen about 27 seconds into the footage.</p><p>“Thanksgiving is the peak day for our business and what we do,” says Michael Bryant, Fort Wainwright’s fire inspector. Bryant also cites a statistic from 2013, stating that fires across the United States were 230 percent above the daily average</a>. Credit: Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office via Storyful</p><br />
