>>reporter: gabriel gal van says the flames were vicious. killing two people and leaving 10 residents homeless. the fire blazed through this fire department building just after 1:35 a.m. on richardson street burning all three floors and through the roof. theresa escaped barefoot and she was wearing. >> i heard my amazing neighbor banging on my door. so i had to run towards the kitchen where the flames were. >>reporter: she says it took her 6 years to build her home but only 6 minutes to destroy it. >> i sleep with ear plugs, a sound machine and an eye mask so it took me a long time to wake up. >> large flames shooting out of the back. it was pretty violent already by the time i saw it. >>reporter: a body of a female victim was found in a second bedroom. firefighters located the body of a male victim in the basement. one firefighter suffered minor injuries. the arson squad believes the fire started on the first floor. the cause is still under investigation. >> a lot of floors were burned. there's a good team in there and making paragraph a go