Into the sixth circle...
Jul. 27th, 2016 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylMy bus was very late this afternoon and although it started going back along its usual route, it doubled back on itself and went through Heavitree after it had picked up everyone from the regular stops. I couldn't understand why until we got the top of the hill, when the main road meets Barrack Road, where there was a distinct smell of burning in the air. I got off the bus at Waitrose and walked back down Portland Street where, about halfway down, I got my first look at the centre, which was mired in the most enormous pall of smoke.
As I got closer to home, I discovered a lot of the roads were closed off with police tape — luckily mine was still open — there was a constant sound of fire alarms from the student halls, and there were 10-12 fire engines parked up on the roundabout that links Sidwell Street, Weston Way and Blackboy Road. There was a thick pall over everything and the world stank like the city was on fire.
Checking the local news, I discovered that a fire had broken out at Richer Sounds in the early afternoon and they fire crews were still trying to get it under control. The smoke continued to hang over everything until late evening, but it seems to have stopped now, even if everything does still smell like the sixth circle of the Inferno...
As I got closer to home, I discovered a lot of the roads were closed off with police tape — luckily mine was still open — there was a constant sound of fire alarms from the student halls, and there were 10-12 fire engines parked up on the roundabout that links Sidwell Street, Weston Way and Blackboy Road. There was a thick pall over everything and the world stank like the city was on fire.
Checking the local news, I discovered that a fire had broken out at Richer Sounds in the early afternoon and they fire crews were still trying to get it under control. The smoke continued to hang over everything until late evening, but it seems to have stopped now, even if everything does still smell like the sixth circle of the Inferno...
