Angélique Chrisafis
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 30 Jul
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And then he was sort of coming towards the exhibition centre when I was because he was then deciding what he should do next.
He really felt at a loss because the authorities have said, you know, you cannot go back.
This is such an unpredictable fire.
And that's what's new here, that even people returning to houses in the suburbs, which have got no risk of catching fire at the moment, even those people can't go back just in case.
And what I also found was really interesting when I met a couple who were from Afghanistan, who were very well settled in southwestern France, a very well integrated family who work as interpreters at quite a high level.
And, of course, a fire in the sky that's turning the sky dark above your head in the middle of the day where you think it's going to rain and then you realise, no, it's the sun being blocked by smoke, sparked their memories of war in Afghanistan.
They live not that far from Bordeaux Airport at Marignac and they could breathe it.
They sort of felt it in their lungs.
Krishma and Nasia described this acrid burning smell that they first thought was burning rubber.
And then they realised it was unmistakably wood smoke.
From all the pine trees?
Yes, blowing across to the area where they live on the wind.
And when they were asked to evacuate, they actually thought, yeah, we are brilliant, let's go.
And they packed their toothbrush, they put their kids in the car who were 10 and 8, a couple of toys...
And also neighbours and friends, not everyone has a car, not everyone could travel, so their car was packed by the time they left.
And there they were three days with their children in this hangar.
And that's actually where lots of children from low-income families are still there because, of course, climate inequality is rife.
If you have more money, maybe you can go to your sister's holiday home, maybe you can go somewhere else in France, but if you can't, you can't, you're stuck in the hangar.
I think in Bordeaux, everyone is extremely supportive of the fire services and fire officers as individuals.
People are wanting to provide food.
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