Onlookers watch a fire smolder inside an apartment building at 815 Temple St. in Hinton on Tuesday. Police said a 25-year-old man set a fire nearby that later engulfed the entire block and left eight people homeless.

Jennifer Goodman stands in front of the remains of her Hinton apartment building Tuesday. Goodman, her boyfriend and her three children barely escaped injury after Billy Joe Gill, 25, set a fire there early Tuesday, police said.

Gazette photo by Kenny Kemp.......9.975x6.6......Hinton Fire......