Barbecues and cookouts have become ingrained in our culture, especially around summer holidays. But grill fires are still a very real risk. (Catie Dull/NPR)
Clinging to the back of a fire engine racing through the streets of El Paso, Texas, firefighter Michael Pritchard knew this fire was going to be bad. You could see the smoke from miles away, Pritchard recalls of the two-alarm blaze that gutted a garden apartment complex in the city.
It was the late 80s, and Pritchard had been with the El Paso Fire Department for about five years. He would go on to serve 26 years with the department and respond to dozens of grill fires, but only one has stayed with the veteran fire safety professional 30 years and two careers later.
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