good to see that. >> reporter: a man got a look at the flames that enveloped the mosque friday afternoon. >> when i left there, everything was fine a. whole bunch of people in there. >> reporter: just an hour before the mosque capacity filled with 200 people for prayers. >> it's just a place where people look for peace. people look for solutions. and people come this and it's very sad. >> reporter: the flames so intense, firefighters stayed outside for fears of the roof collapsing. people who called this mosque home want to see change. >> the mosque is doing a great jobble not to hurt people. to educate people for the good and the evil. >> an evil that may have entered this place of worship. >> kathy hernandez, a cnn affiliate. thank you so much for that report. we'll have more on this story, including a look at that