The people of the surrounding villages gather in Szeged for Saint's day. There is also Sándor, looking for Juliska, to whom he tells that he is already a decent man, ha has decided to be an accountant under a pseudonym. Suddenly, a fire breaks out, soon the whole city is on fire, Sándor immediately begins to rescue. The arriving gendarmes recognize him and start chasing him, but he rides away with his love, let Szeged burn, maybe the sins of the city are burn in the fire, too.