La Teste-de-Buch and Landiras
In the first days, Kirill tried to stay “optimistic” despite the recurring smell of smoke, a thick gray plume rises intermittently across the skies of La Teste-de-Buch and the ballet of water-bombing planes in the air. However, the 37-year-old craftsman, who lives in the town of Pilas-sur-Mer, had to evacuate his home as a precaution on Monday afternoon. “We were quickly notified of the impending evacuation, so we had time to pack some things and load the cars.” In his suitcases he carries “Whatever is small and valuable: computers, business items, clothes and two cats.” At the police checkpoint, Cyril asks what muffled sounds he hears in the distance. “Gas cylinders explode from Dune camps”call the police. “I didn’t think about it. I went back and forth to my house to dig my house.”
Like Cyril, more than 37,000 people in the Gironde were forced to flee their homes…
Source: Le Figaro
