Panic hit like a blade to the throat. Sirens didn’t just scream; they tore through the night as the sky turned into a burning ceiling above millions of trapped eyes. Officials lied, or maybe they simply didn’t know. Power flickered, cell towers choked, and every silence felt like proof of the worst. Families clutched each other in doorways, watching a skyline they’d grown up with twist, melt, and vanish. No one believed the reassurances. No one believed the numbers. And as the flames climbed higher and the air thickened into something you could almost chew, one thought cut through the chaos: if this is how it begins, what will be lef… Continues…