Wednesday 13 found himself unexpectedly battling a wildfire in California. While filming a music video for his band, he witnessed the fire and immediately joined the firefighting efforts as a volunteer.
Wednesday 13 later shared details on social media about the incident, suggesting it may have been a case of arson in the Sylmar area.
“Holy smokes. In the middle of filming our video, I saw a fire start behind me on the side of the road,” Wednesday 13 said in a social media post while also sharing a video from the scene (see below). “We ran over and tried to put it out as quick as we could. The fire department arrived and officially put it out.”
More details were provided in another post: “FIRE FIRE!!
“Scary times on the video set yesterday.
“Here’s what happened:
“We were filming our new music video at a location that rents out trees and shrubbery for movie sets. About an hour into filming, we were in the middle of a take and I saw a giant flame just come out of nowhere over the shoulder of our director Vicente. About 150 feet away a fire just came out of nowhere on the side of the highway. We all panicked and started looking for water hoses, which were everywhere, but we couldn’t find out how to turn the water on.
“Everyone was screaming and our first thought was to get in our cars and just get out of there, but I couldn’t do that. I knew if we didn’t try to stop this it could turn into something major. So I jumped right into the fire in full stage clothes, and make up and my band followed right behind me. We were able to get the fire under control using buckets of dirt to smother it until the fire department arrived.
“A few people stopped off the highway and tried to help(THANK TOU) and one started accusing us of starting the fire. Complete madness, but we’re all safe now.
“After watching all these wildfires out here in California destroying peoples homes and lives, I knew I had to try something to Stop it.
“Unfortunately I suspect arson was the reason for this. It appears that someone tried to start this. Thank you everyone for all of your comments and concern on this.
”Fire Brigade 13 for the win”
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