Wanissa watched as smoke rose from the mangled, burnt-out carcasses of 12 buses in the transport depot at Aubervilliers, north of Paris. “All this is a catastrophe,” said the 51-year-old cleaner, who now had to walk 3 miles to her next job from her morning spent mopping the entrance halls of local tower blocks.
The fire was caused by petrol bombs thrown at the depot during the early hours of Friday morning, transport authorities said. The facade of the adjacent Aubervilliers aquatic centre, where training will take place for the 2024 Olympics, was also damaged.
