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Old 3rd Aug 2019, 18:21
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blind pew
 
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Nimes airport

My daughter had just checked in when the fire broke out. Very quickly we had 4 Canadairs pass over head in loose formation around 500ft.
Watched them and one tracker bombing from a couple of clics.
Another 4 Canadairs went to join them and I noticed some very black smoke..didnt see the aircraft again.
The stansted and charleroi flights diverted to Montpellier and within half an hour Ryanair had provided a coach. As a black day on the autoroutes there was 35mins of traffic jams. Ryanair incredibly efficient.
Overtaken by a tracker, low level and high speed on my way home...another fire around 20km north of Nimes with a few Canadairs bombing.
less wind today but still hot and an official drought.
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