I can't sleep. The sun is too hot this morning and very noisy outside. unusual. Normally here in Antalya during summer the sun is average high of 34 degrees .
I grabbed my phone to check time and it was 8am, too early to wake up on a weekend so I decided to try and fall back asleep but I couldn't.
Something wasn't right. I rushed outside to check what was happening only to find out the air was filled with a poisonous orange thick smoke and the flames were whipping and spreading so fast.
Wildfire. It always came when we least expected it.
I stood still watchimg the creation burn and I could hear tanks exploding in the distance. People were moving very fast, no time for the belongings, family and all.
I got back inside the house real quick..packed few stuffs that were important and at that moment I recalled my family. They live nearby where the fire seemed to have started from.
All that time I was in shock trying to process what's happening and it's so unfortunate that it didn't hit my mind.
I called Emir, my elder brother who lived with my mum
"We gonna die and we not gonna make it out of here, there's just flames everywhere and I don't know what to do,'" he said in shaky voice
Those were the last words I heard from him.
There were no firefighters in sight. My heart broke. I was losing my loved ones right in front of me and I could do nothing about it. I couldn't imagine how they were feeling. Dying slowly untill their last breath.
Finally the firefighters were here. The driver jammed the accelerator, and they blasted through the walls of fire. I had hope at first but all was in vain. It was just too late.
They were among the hundreds of people that lost their lives and just like everyone else my heart was grieving and my eyes couldn't even dry up for a minute. Evacuation were ordered though many had already left the place and the situation quickly spiraled into something far different because the flames were getting more aggressive that's when I decided to move with the rest.
Where i was once calling home had now become my nightmare.
My rough journey just started, loosing my family and literally everything I had.
I met Sahar.
“I will go wherever you go and I promise to never leave you alone", she would say.
Months passed but still grief stricken and at one point I felt like giving up. Sahar was selfless and in spite of her dealing with a lot she never failed to make me smile.
I admit our friendship had many highs and lows over the months but one thing that never changed was our emotional bond.
Now it has been 7 months since I met my best friend. She is a true example of loyalty and friendship.
An angel sent from heaven she is.
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