A Thanksgiving blaze that destroyed three homes in Massachusetts and injured a woman was possibly caused by deep-frying a turkey, officials said.
New Bedford residents heard an explosion around 9:45 a.m.Thursday, WBZ-TV reported, as flames broke out at a home and quickly spread to homes on each side.
A witness told the news station that she saw the fire start on her neighbor's back deck while he was trying to fry a turkey. “He says he was cooking the deep-fried turkey and the propane tank exploded.
I heard the explosion, but I thought it was thunder,” she told the news outlet. Video of the incident shows firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze as smoke fills the air.
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