Eyewitness reports describe panic-stricken refugees diving into the water to escape the flames and that their terrified screaming could be heard miles away.
Being a teenager is the stage of life where they are both liberated and panic-stricken by the realization of their own autonomy and moral independence.
Large crowds of panic-stricken people, including children and the elderly with any possessions they could grab, were running from the city, which became almost deserted.
