France's Wildfire Crisis: A Summer of Smoke and Uncertainty The city of Bordeaux is shrouded in a thick layer of smoke, its residents struggling to breathe as wildfires loom mere 15 kilometers away from the city's entry points.
The mayor has warned that evacuation may be necessary for the entire area. For Ira Szmuk and her family, life has become a desperate wait and see.
They've tried to adapt by locking themselves indoors during the worst of it and rationing their exposure to the outside air.