Be careful when you’re making dinner. Cooking accidents cause more home fires and injuries than anything else, and are responsible for nearly half of all fire department calls. Not surprisingly, fires peak from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. when many people are preparing dinner.

A new report from the U.S. Fire Association (USFA) cites 45 percent of all fire department responses to home emergencies are due to cooking fires. In fact, about 164,500 cooking fires occur in the U.S. each year, causing 110 deaths, 3,525 injuries, and $309 million in property loss.

These accidents are caused by everyday use of stoves, ovens, fixed and portable warming units, deep fat fryers, and open grills, as well as incidents that are confined to an individual pot or pan—which account for 94 percent of home cooking fires. For more widespread fires, the common igniters are oil, fat, and grease.

Properly installed and working smoke alarms, as well as fire extinguishers convenient to the kitchen, are both good ideas to help increase fire safety in your home. The best tip, however, is: When in doubt, just get out. If you do evacuate, close the door behind you and call 9-1-1 after you leave.