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Port St. Lucie home destroyed by fire; homeowners out of town

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A luxury home goes up in flames as neighbors can only watch. Tonight the homeowners both out of town, still don't know they lost everything in the blaze.

He's an airline pilot, she's on vacation, and it won't be until he gets to Afghanistan that neighbors can Skype him and let him know what is left of his home.

Scary moments on Southwest Catskill Drive in Port St. Lucie.

Giovanni Gullia: The police came to the door and said we might have to evacuate.

Next door Neighbor Giovanni Gullia corralled the dogs and came outside to blackness.

Giovanni Gullia: By the time I got out here smoke was barreling out of it, covered the house with smoke you couldn't see anything.

Deloria Mills, tried to contact family: It's unbelievable. When I turned around there was flames in the master bedroom area...just engulfed in flames.

Giovanni Gullia: When it broke through the roof you start thinking, you know what's next.

St. Lucie County Fire Rescue was able to get the fire out in under 30 minutes. But not before the damage was done.

Deloria Mills, tried to contact family: That's true it very difficult, and the wife is in the mountains..we're trying to get in touch with her. We called but reception in the mountains is very very bad so we can't get a hold of her.

Giovanni Gullia: The husband is an airline pilot who actually is in Afghanistan right now. He flies troops back and forth.

Fire investigators say an electrical problem caused the fire in the rear of the home leaving it unlivable.

Deloria Mills, tried to contact family: It's going to be devastating because in 0-4 when we had our hurricane that house was also badly damaged..to come home and see his house in flames or it was in flames, its appalling and I don't know really how they are going to feel.

The neighbors say they will Skype him on Wednesday when he lands in Afghanistan..

Giovanni Gullia: It's unfortunate that he's not home.. its a horrible thing to have to come home to.

At this point the fire department says the home is a total loss, completely burned out on the inside. Port St. Lucie home destroyed by fire; homeowners out of town

Tuesday, June 12 2012, 10:24 PM EDT

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