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Capturing Firefighters at Work During a Big Fire in Nantes

I’ve been spoiled with photo ops lately! A demonstration, the annual street market, the carnival (I skipped)… and now a huge fire. Nantes is definitely the place to be in March-April!

Yesterday afternoon, I started to smell smoke in the street but I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from. But today, when I went grocery shopping in the morning, I realized most streets just a block from my parents’ place were blocked with dozens of fire trucks, and that firefighters were working hard.

I don’t read local news so I had no idea what was going on. Turned out a fire started in a restaurant on Sunday and was still going strong. It was a recipe for disaster because the restaurant is located in a semi-underground mall between two pedestrian streets.

Thankfully, there were no victims but the streets are still blocked a day later and the fire isn’t completely contained yet.

Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
Fire in Nantes
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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

Firm believer that nobody is normal... and it’s better this way.

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