VIDEO: Three people are recovering after a massive house fire happened on Tuesday in Federal Way.
Video shot by a KIRO 7 photographer shows the house fully engulfed in flames.
When a KIRO7 crew returned to check out the damage Wednesday morning, there was still a hotspot burning and a strong smell of smoke lingering in the air. South King Fire says they were called around 2:40 p.m. When crews arrived, the flames were so intense that in a matter of minutes, the house was totally consumed.
Neighbors say they heard explosions.
“You know we could hear a lot of stuff blowing up,” said Chris Steeenbergen.
Steeenbergen owns the house next door, which was damaged in the fire.
“It melted all the vinyl windows, fiberglass door looks like cardboard now, even the aluminum gutter, you’ll see it’s all wavy now,” he said.