‘It felt like being in a disaster movie’: uncertainty after evacuation from France’s Gironde wildfire
- Sitting in their suburban apartment in Mérignac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, Krishma, an interpreter, and her husband, Nassir, first felt a sense of dread when a strange black cloud turned the sky dark in the middle of the day.
- Then a bitter burning smell filled the air outside.
- It seemed like a cloud but it was smoke covering the sun – it wasn’t a natural phenomenon.
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- Sitting in their suburban apartment in Mérignac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, Krishma, an interpreter, and her husband, Nassir, first felt a sense of dread when a strange black cloud turned the sky dark in the middle of the day.
- Then a bitter burning smell filled the air outside.
- It seemed like a cloud but it was smoke covering the sun – it wasn’t a natural phenomenon.
Sources: Guardian