Wednesday 13 and co. unexpectedly found himself serving as a volunteer firefighter in the California recently, after spotting a fire while filming a music video for his eponymous band. Wednesday 13 made several posts recently about the apparent attempted arson which took place in Sylmar, CA, here’s what he had to say:
“Holy smokes. In the middle of filming our video, I saw a fire start behind me on the side of the road. We ran over and tried to put it out as quick as we could. The fire department arrived and officially put it out.
Stay Safe out there California.”
“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 “
“The moment we saw the fire !!
During a performance take on our new music video @jacktankersley spotted the fire first up on the highway, and then I saw the flames. We jumped into action and tried to extinguish it. I’m so glad we were able to contain it until the fire department arrived, and we were able to finish filming .
The police and fire department told us that people had been lighting fires all along that highway in Sylmar CA. I’m glad we were able to contain it until the fire department arrived.
Arsonist = Shit”
