To make a long story short, I was in the thick of it. I wish you could see the video I shot. It's crazy. Planes and helicoptors dumping stuff on us, hoses kinking and the unravelling and almost killing me. It was nuts. Then my reporter dropped my camera when we were setting up a live shot but it didn't break, luckily.
The firefighters were cool. I hoped they wouldn't mind my presence. Afterall, it's not like it's essential for putting the fire out to have my ass running around shooting mad video. But they were cool. I could hear them saying, "this guys getting good stuff," because I was surrounded by madness. The other news guy from the other station didn't go into the depths like I did. Moo hoo haa hah. It truly was like Mordor, except there was no ring, no Hobbits, and there sure wasn't any hot ass elf running around half naked with her nipples showing.