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Biosphere 2, Oracle, Arizona, USA. May 27, Pentecost Sunday, 11.52pm
Firefighters and police arrived at the Biosphere, drawn by the storm and the inferno that had been seen across the plains to the town of Oracle.
An ambulance crew rushed to meet the group as they emerged from the dome, coughing in the smoke. Jake squeezed Morgan’s hand and then disappeared towards the police vehicles. She watched a paramedic work on Gemma as she held her arm around her sobbing sister. She borrowed a cellphone and dialed David’s number, handing the phone to Faye when he answered in a desperate tone. They belonged together and only now was her guilt beginning to lift.
Morgan turned to watch as the structure of the Biosphere burnt furiously in the night, the fires still fierce even in the bucketing mo
