The municipal board was gathered on Wednesday afternoon when the information that something happened began to come in.
- But we still did not know what and to what extent.
We soon realized that it was something big.
We chose to club out the meeting as soon as possible and tried to gather and find out exactly what had happened, says municipal councilor Henrik Tvarnö.
Crisis groups convened
When it became clear that this was a "really serious incident", the crisis management was called together, as was the posom group, an acronym that stands for mental and social care.
On Thursday evening, he spoke with both Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) and Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S), as well as a number of municipal councilors from the county.
According to Tvarnö, the initial work has been about getting information about what really happened, which is not the easiest thing as both the police and health care are full of investigative and care efforts.
- The work continues (on Thursday) to gather information and see what we can do from the municipality to be a support for everyone who needs it, he says.
"Harder to meet"
For the time being, he expects that the schools will be open as usual on Thursday.
- We keep all thumbs up so that the injured can come home alive, that is by far the most important thing now, says Tvarnö.
The act in Vetlanda occurs at the same time as the municipality - like the rest of the world - is struggling with the pandemic.
- It will be more difficult to meet, to have those meeting points for people who need to talk about themselves, because we risk a spread of infection.
Then you have to remember that this is an urgent event that needs to be handled.
We are such a small town that everyone here will have some form of connection to this, even if you are not a close relative, you will work with someone who is, or play football together, says Henrik Tvarnö.
- It is an entire municipality that in one way or another will wake up and have this very close to them.