Mitchell Wood, the owner of Powerwash Bros in Morgantown, West Virginia, became an unexpected hero this week. While driving back from a job through Fairmont WV, he noticed a massive cloud of smoke near one of his customers' houses.
He drove towards the smoke and could see a massive brush fire was starting to threaten a mans home! The man was trying to fight it with a garden hose. Mitchell his pressure washer to douse the flames. The fire, which initially started with a few sticks, had spread to almost half an acre, but Wood managed to put it out in about an hour and a half.
Having been in the power washing business for about a decade, Wood had always dreamed of using his power washer to put out a fire. He says that he saw a similar incident on the news years ago and he was glad to have the opportunity to make a real difference. Wood’s timely intervention prevented the need for the fire department to be called and stopped the fire from spreading and causing even more damage.
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