Crime & Safety
Rochester Fire Chief: Before You Grill Your Super Bowl Burgers, Watch This
Chief John Cieslik asked Patch to share this video message about grilling safety.
Planning to grill out for the Super Bowl tonight? Be careful.
Rochester Fire Chief John Cieslik asked Rochester Patch to share this video message from Hannah Storm. The ESPN SportsCenter anchor was badly burned last December in a grilling accident. In a video message, she urges viewers to be careful.
"If your grill goes out for any reason, turn off the gas and wait 15 minutes before you attempt to restart," Storm says in this video.
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According to the Fire Analysis and Research Division,  gas grills are involved in 7,100 fires a year. In 2011, 16,600 patients went to emergency rooms because of injuries involving grills.
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