Sinarth: Extract from Chapter Two: Exodus from Phnom Penh

'And they then began to kill everyone'   Outside the city, casting final glances back, the people saw buildings and trees fall into a black silhouette against an orange sky burning itself out into grey lifeless cinders. Millions of people paused to eat, spread along the roads and adjoining fields, and lit hundreds of thousands of cooking fires, a sea of fireflies with families huddled beside every one.     Travelling further, the roads changed to dirt, then sand and finally broke into rough