Had a crazy night at work on Friday. Originally, I was only slated to shoot a high school football game, but after the half I was called to a reported chemical fire on the east side of the city. When I arrived, roads were blocked and police and fire fighters were in the process of evacuating people who lived in a one-square-mile area near the fire. With our reporter, I drove back to the local fire station where the evacuees were initially sent. After a cranky air card made sending four photos quite a task by 11 p.m., I spent the rest of my evening in my car editing football photos at the local McDonald’s parking lot to use their WiFi. Crazy night, but luckily I was able to hit all my deadlines for the paper. (I can’t complain too much: our reporter, Madeline, wrote her story sitting on a curb using her iPhone. She’s quite a trooper.)
![Mishawaka Evacuation Jeffrey Scott, left, places a call as he holds his son, Joshua, after they were forced to evacuate their Fourth Street home on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at the Mishawaka Fire Station. Police and firefighters evacuated a large area of Mishawaka after a reported chemical fire. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mishevac091412a.jpg)
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