VIDEO: Everett firefighters spent Thursday afternoon watching for any flare ups at a vacant home that went up in flames around 11:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of Lombard street.
The fire started less than 8 hours after two people were arrested inside the home.
“I felt intense heat permeating through our drywall,” said Demetrus Badua who lives behind the burning house.
Badua experienced something he said he hopes he never has to face again.
“I started yelling for my family, so they would be safe, 'There’s a fire, we need to evacuate.' That’s when my Mom called 911,” he said.
The Badua family evacuated as they watched the old vacant home behind their townhome go up in flames.