Saturday, March 27h, 1999. 02:06 a.m.

Sremcica is burning!

     Guys, this was really hot! The place from which I am looking at the recent happenings is really the "most attractive" place in Belgrade.

     Tonight, Sremcica was burning. At firs there were 3 or 4 direct hits, and than secondary explosions started to happened. (few like firework right to the sky, and than two on the ground which started the fire on the spot where it stopped). Windows were shaking. Thou, the strongest explosion, which shacked the building thoroughly, came from the back of the building, somewhere from Zemun. I saw Sremcica as clear as in daylight, and with binoculars it was even more realistically. Within myself I was repeatedly saying some mantra wishing that nobody was in vicinity - these explosions were really huge. After some 15 minutes secondary explosions stopped, and all was left was fire which lighted the sky. Above the fire I caught with my binoculars formation 3 airplanes, I do not know whom did they belong to. Everything was shimmering behind them, maybe they were throwing decoy or it was something else, because I am not an expert in that. Something, with a lot of sparks, like when you push tongs into the fire, but without the explosion. It fell 1 km before the burning place in Sremcica. To me it looked like missile that did not explode. I could clearly see and these radio locators, which looked just like they described it on StudioB (local TV). It is impossible to describe it all, but looking it clear as in daylight, while from each side there was fire and everything was exploding - it was really scary. In the same time, I saw only one missile above Surcin, which fell and produced far and week explosion. True I was not looking on that side weary long, because there was the happening in Sremcica. I looked at it with my mouths opened. I don't believe that I will be so amassed.

     Now I hear that they say that some toxic gas is spreading from there. Something is really smoking, but I felt nothing. Though, the smoke is going by the way of Zarkovo.

Severian
26 years, Computer Engineer