fire!

a quick escape from what seems like an attack. 52 week challenge entry

It seemed that the whole city was on fire. The city was under attack, but we did not know who was attacking it. There was some sort of ship above the city, but I did not ever see it strike at us, but I know I am not sticking around.
I threw some stuff in the car, and I began to head out of town. However, I did not get very far. As soon as I got onto the freeway, the traffic began to slow, almost to a stop. I was creeping along at a walking pace, but I was moving.
I tried to ease my tension by turning on the radio, but could find nothing to relax me; all I heard was alerts about the attack. I am not sure that I really expected to find music on the radio with all that was going one, but I felt I had to try.
Off in the distance I could see the main part of the city and it was bathed in a bright white light and emitting a dark colored smoke. I shook my head, as I am still not sure what was going on, but was not going to be there when it reached my area.
The part that saddened me was that I knew that there would be people who would choose to sat, but my gut feeling is that those who stay behind will not make it.
I see a small explosion in the center of the city, which throws something out. The thing, whatever it is, goes up high and when it comes down it landed in the center of the area in which I live. A large fireball erupts from the landing area enveloping everything there, and keeps on growing until it almost reaches the highway behind me then fades away. What remains is another glowing white light and heavy smoke much like what I saw in the city.
After about twenty minutes, I was out and away from the city. I am not sure I was still anymore safer there than anywhere else. I breathed a sigh of relief, as traffic began to pick up and I was now traveling at a good, but steady pace.
Looking in my review mirror, I can still see the smoke billowing out of the city. I still felt sad. I turned back to the road as I rounded a bend, which headed towards the state capital. Once I got a look up ahead, I stopped my car.
I was amazed that up ahead of me I saw the same type of smoke I just left behind. I just stared, not sure what to do next.