The West Rail explosion two weeks ago catapulted a university student into stardom.
Nathan Leung Siu-kin, a Year Three journalism student at Hong Kong Shue Yan University, was on the Nam Cheong-bound train which caught fire on Valentine's Day.
Following the explosion caused by a faulty transformer, about 650 rush-hour passengers had to evacuate the smoke-filled carriages and walk for two kilometres along the dark tunnel to the platform.
Driven by his journalistic instincts, Nathan turned around midway and returned to the scene of the accident.
Being the only 'reporter' in the front line, Nathan's pictures of firemen battling the blaze were splashed across the front pages of local newspapers the next day.
Besides the exclusive pictures, Nathan was invited to write an eyewitness account of the incident for a daily paper.