U.S. cruise missiles slammed into President Saddam Hussein's main Baghdad palace in a second wave of missile attacks on Thursday night. The attack set buildings ablaze in the city and caused massive explosions. The missiles hit Saddam's main sprawling palace complex on the banks of the Tigris in central Baghdad. Iraqi radio said no one was hurt in a separate attack early on Thursday when missiles hit a family home of Saddam. Fires broke out around the planning ministry in the center of Baghdad and other blazes could be seen in the southeast of the city. The blasts came shortly after air-raid sirens sounded in Baghdad and anti-aircraft fire lit up the night sky. Witnesses said that the attack was more intense than previous strikes early on Thursday, which began Washington's war against Iraq. Fire fighters and ambulances were at the scene. One of the buildings housed an office of Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz. The whole western bank of the Tigris river which cuts through the city was shrouded in smoke. The Iraqi government said one civilian died in the first raids and several others were injured. It said that the strikes hit empty buildings and civilian districts. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the dawn missile and bombing attacks in and around Baghdad were just a taste of what would soon be unleashed.