At 6: 35 p.m., a string of fire snaked skywards, erupting in a ball of flame, before penetrating the roof of the museum and engulfing the two pillars in the main foyer. In all, 600 charges were laid along 2.5 km of fuses, creating a chain of detonations that filled the air with thick gunpowder smoke.
六點三十五分，一條火龍竄上天空，先爆破了彩球，再穿過屋頂進入美術館內，一路爆破到大廳的兩根門柱，六百個火藥包，二．五公里的導火線，炸出滿天聲響並留下揮之不盡的瀰漫煙硝。