How did you prepare yourself after hearing the news?

The Standard, normally, reports more about the effect on city people and non-bias issues than the big news socially.  I knew from that morning that I had to be there despite a job at the government house.  My boss told me to go, so I set up a small team and checked the surrounding area from the map.  We do  not have photographs like other news agencies.  I checked what photographs others already had and presented.  I checked the level of the current situation from the live feed.  I found that Wat Salut is a temporary evacuation center, So I went there.  I cannot present clear pictures of the damage scene.  So, I got photographs of the surroundings: the consequences to people around the area.  The place I could get those photographs is the evacuation center.

What was your feeling at the scene?

 I felt excited.  There are some stimuli all the time: the siren from the fire engine coming almost all the time.  The office supported us by sending information about the consequences of the chemical to the body: touching or inhaling.  The responsibility falls not only on myself, but also  juniors: a reporter and a video photographer in the team.  I set the mindset not to get that close.  The first rule is: if we smell, we back off to another area. 

Getting to the scene, we saw the unreadiness to tackle the problems: the people, the health center, the firefighters, the police, all of them.  What we saw was cooperation: all the abilities were pulled into.  

At what point did you decide to leave the area? 

Around midnight, we heard the use of foam to put out fire: the smoke turned from black to white, from the height of a ten-story building to three or four.  I realized from my experience that the situation was under control.  It would get less stress in the  morning.  The rescue workers could turn off the valves of the chemical tanks.  Although it seemed it was the end, the reporter’s duty was not.  After the fire, the forensic investigators came in to gather the evidence. I had to get in to see the damage.