Thousands of panic-stricken residents ran out into the streets in their pyjamas and nightclothes, as statues crashed down from centuries-old palazzi and the roofs of churches collapsed.
The roof was on fire above them, so you imagine what it would be like for elderly people in their nightclothes, some of them confused, suffering from dementia.
Thousands of people immediately took to the streets to transform one of the largest cities on the planet into a sea of vodka, many of them still in their nightclothes.