HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — A teen’s quick thinking helped prevent a house fire in Mechanicsville Thursday afternoon.
Hanover Fire and EMS said a fire broke out on an outdoor HVAC unit extending into a crawl space of a home in the 6000 block of Peace Road.
Brenenn, a student at Mechanicsville High School, was able to put out the fire on the HVAC unit using two dry chemical fire extinguishers before firefighters arrived…