Most Spectators fled the rooftops as misdirected shells landed well beyond the fortified compound, setting fires in several places within the City. Those observers left aloft could, for a short time, see the smoke from the guns on both sides firing but soon more smoke from fires touched off by explosions, obliterated the palace compound from view.
Watazamaji walizikimbia paa wakati maganda yaliyorukaruka ovyo yalipopitiliza na kutua juu ya uzio kabambe, yakiwasha moto sehemu kadhaa ndani ya jiji. Watazamaji wale waliobaki juu waliweza, kwa muda mfupi, kuona moshi kutoka tika mizinga katika pande zote mbili zikishambulia lakini muda si mrefu moshi zaidi kutoka katika moto wa milipuko, ulifunika uzio wa Ngome/Kasri usiweze kuonekana.