This is a colour image of an oil painting. In the centre a soldier wearing a helmet carries a frail old man over his left shoulder. The old man holds on to some possessions. A curly haired young boy can be seen to the left and to the right a young woman clutches a bundle tightly to her chest. They are clambering over a pile of fallen stones and objects which are blocking their way. Smoke is billowing down to the left as they approach a staircase. Other figures can be seen behind them as flames engulf a building in the distance.