Firefighters say someone intentionally started fire that displaced Aurora family

A damaging fire has left one Aurora family without a home, and now firefighters suspect that someone intentionally started that fire.

The fire started Saturday night at a home near Montview Boulevard and Dunkirk Street in Aurora, then spread to a second home next door where the Ponce family lived.

“It is a nightmare because it’s one thing after another, after another,” said Gloria Ponce.

It was just a regular Saturday evening when Ponce was watching television with her husband around 7:30 p.m. Her husband got up, walked to the kitchen, and saw an orange glow reflecting off a sliding glass door. That’s when they saw the neighbor’s home on fire…

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