Fires in Gironde: irritating fumes for tens of kilometers around

First the throat. A feeling of discomfort when swallowing and then the bottom that scratches. “Then it was the eyes, they started to blink very strongly but without really being able to cry because the air is so hot that it dries up”, describes David, a young fifty-something from the port of La Teste-de-Buch, this commune of Gironde touched by the flames on several occasions. Faced with the smoke that burns the bronchial tubes, the father, sporty and seasoned, has not found fifty solutions: “We have to get out, and that’s it! »