FAIRMOUNT (WPVI) -- The grill was hot and filled with burgers, ribs, salmon and vegetables Friday morning in Fairmount.
What makes a delicious meal also came with an important message.
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Philadelphia Fire commissioner Adam Thiel teamed up with Mick Houston from Jack's Firehouse restaurant to talk about barbeque safety.
Thiel says grills cause almost 9,000 house fires a year.
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He says it's important to clean the grate before you use it and remember to keep children and pets at least three feet from the flames.