Fire-safety training pays off for astute Shawsville lad
Mitchell Austin-Bandy, 6, of Shawsville, was recognized for saving family members after he saw smoke on the third story of their home when he came in from playing outside and heard a smoke alarm going off. | Stephanie Klein-Davis, The Roanoke Times
A raft of antique quilts ignited by a malfunctioning ceiling light could have meant the end of Pam Bandy’s Shawsville home this week.
But it all turned out OK, thanks to the intervention of her cool-headed grandson who executed multiple fire-safety tips he learned in school.
“We learn a whole lot of stuff in school,” said Mitchell Austin-Bandy, who is in the first grade at Eastern Montgomery Elementary School and is 6 years old.
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