Grease Fire Rages Through Midwest

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By Tuesday evening, more than 700,000 acres of Midwestern greaseland—including tens of thousands of patio grills, outdoor beer gardens, supper-club kitchens, and barbecue pits—had been destroyed in the blaze.Beloit, WI Fire Chief Paul Tolley said the fire was spreading faster than crews could react. “With the fact that the nearby park was still greasy from Saturday’s brat fest, the situation quickly turned ugly,” Bouchard said. “My crews simply did not have the baking-soda reserves to contain it.”The fire fanned out in all directions from the area, cutting a swath through truck stops, doughnut shops, and even mini-golf concession stands.

Experts have warned for years that the region was overdue for a disaster of this kind, saying that decades of poor grease management and a culture of fried and heavily buttered food created a highly incendiary “grease core” spread across thousands of homes, restaurants, and offices. Landfills overflowing with greasy waxed paper and cardboard only added to the danger.

A light-skinned arm with the slogan “The Standard of Purity”.... Change that damn racist logo now!!!

Dumpster fire continues in DC

Pretty tame for 2020. Gonna have to step up your game if you're going to compete with reality.

These hamburger riots have gotten really out of control

Authorities have traced the outbreak of the fire back to Wisconsin (all of it)

😂 Thank you Onion, definitely needed a laugh this depressing morning

Great for extinguishing fires to cooking coke to crack

I was completing my high school senior year when this was published. It is still excellent.

the government must take action and mandate we rebuild with air fryers

Plan 7

As if 2020 hasn't gotten wilder yet...

*little italy

time to bring out the fried butter...

What if that's how volcanoes work? Lava is just oil and if you dump some water in there it goes craaazy.

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