Phuket International Airport Deputy General Manager for Operations and Maintenance Manat Sotharat presided over the official part of the exercise and delivered his opening remarks at 9am.
The employees than practiced evacuation procedures while fire response teams did their part by entering the smoke-filled building and “dousing” the fire.
Phuket International Airport reminded in a Facebook post that such drills are to be conducted at least once a years so employees know what to do in case of a real fire and feel confident.