None of this is 100 confirmed. There are those out here who believe the fire perhaps had started before this man was taken down. So now there are questions about whether this man inside the house, who refused to come out all day long and started this fire or if it was caused by something else, but it happened around the time this man was take mean custody after an all day standoff which really put this entire neighborhood on Christmas Day in lockdown. Neighbors, ourselves were told were told to move back several blocks while police had the area surrounded. For hours we heard them pleading over the bull horne with a man to come out, this didnt seem to work. But then combined with what police were firing into the home, here came out theres a out. We are live in everett, eric rasmussen. If you stay with me, i was going to ask you a question. I got to believe neighbors at this point are relieved this is over. Can you still hear me . I spoke to one of the women who said she called police this morning. She heard what she described as house. This is a woman who said shes been on the gun range with officers so she knows the sound of gunfire. Was. They have said they believe this man lived by himself was an older man. Difficult to tell in the video we have. So the question now is, what happened inside that house, and why did the man refuse to come out despite police. We had heard them over the bullhorn saying we dont want to hurt you, just come on out and then this fire erupts. We just saw that dramatic video of Police Taking that man into custody. I know that you were reporting during our 5 00 newscast you were hearing the police over the bullhorn yell at someone to possibly put down a gun, any indication that man had been armed at any point in time during this standoff . Thats the question. Again, at some point, youre here. Police were being very careful today, perhaps for that exact fear. They came in with a full s. W. A. T. Team and Armored Vehicle and surrounded the house and approached this man and this house with great caution, and i in fact over the last few hours we heard it a couple of times, calling his name only by his first name, mark over the bullhorn, Police Telling him to put his weapon down. Its also what we heard him say before they took him into custody tonight. All right, eric, thank you so much. And a very fluid situation, very dramatic video unfolding live right here on fox45. We will continue to check in. Eric did mention that police could be holding a News Conference at some point and as soon as we get new information we will let you know. A lot of people finding out whats happening in Christmas Day. Cloudy sky on boston. Just incredible sight and really incredible feel more like what has been another record breaking day high temperatures. Rob joins us now, boston didnt actually break a record but some places did. Boston got close. Worcester tied the record. Providence manchester smashed the record. Very mild through the evening hours. Despite the warm weather out there now, we have snow in the forecast. We will talk about that in a few minutes. This warm weather wont last forever. You can track the rain, the chances for snow, current sevenday forecast. The fox45 weather app is free to download on any device. Search fox45 weather. The search is on for bolton gunpoint. Police say two men broke into a camper yesterday afternoon, attacked someone inside and robbed them. First suspect is described as possibly hispanic with lock hair in a bun and tattoos on his upper arm and chest. There is no description for the second man. A Christmas Morning in the dark getting a bright finish for some people in brockton. Several hundred homes were without power for Christmas Morning. Those outages were caused by a hitandrun crash into this utility pole. Fox45s Robert Goulston spoke with those impacted. It was a big explosion, you know. It was like three times everywhere and then it was that was it. Yeah. It was very carrey. The jeep liberty took out a utility pol Christmas Morning. Several people heard i. It. Made sure no one was in the trunk. There was a big explosion an everything went up. Police say the driver ran off before they arrived. The jeep owner who lives down the street telling us he doesnt know who took his suv and he was not driving or in it when it happened. Crash took out power to about 5,000 customers at first. National grid was able to restore power to all but 300 customers before sunrise. Having no power on christmas is one of the worst things can you go through. There was another crash in brockton, police are looking to see if thats connected in any way. Three peep are under arrest last night a 46yearold man called police to report that he had been stabbed at a party on washington avenue extension. Police say a fight broke out between the man and the host of the party. Roxanne and her daughter leah at one point police say leah stabbed the men. When officers went to the home to arrest her, police say her mother hit an officer with a frying pan. Both women were arrested with another party goer. Police charged two women with misleading an investigation for making up a story about seeing a baby thrown in the merrimack river. Fire Officials SaySurveillance Video shows it never happened. State police flew a helicopter over the river. Divers searched the water and an ambulance was on stand by but crews never found a baby. Those two women will be arraigned monday. A tragic crash in new police say 44yearold darrell was crossing route 28 between the Traffic Circle and droif when he was hit by a car. The crash sunday investigation but police say they do not expect to file any criminal charges. And now, this tree making it tough to get around. This tree came down this morning on brook road and knocked out power to several homes. Crews worked for several hours to move that tree and power has been restored to that area. Overnight fire heavily damaged the former home of president bill clinton. Investigators think it was caused by arson. The home is maintained by the National Park service. Clintons grand parents owned the home. Its where he spent the first four years of his life. Cardinal sean omalley held a Prayer Service at Saint Francis house after ses there last night and follow that dozens of volunteers provided christmas meal to hundreds of need. Spirit that showed brightly. With tears of joy, hope davis shared with us her story, one of struggle and survival, but she says hope isnt just her name. Its who she is and with faith she says god has provided. I survived a brain tumor. Cant give up. And its that inspirational message we heard from so many. Murriel has been homeless since may. She wants others to know, if you have love in your heart and strength in your soul, you can overcome. Its not just on christmas. Its in me. Its in all of us every day. We carry it even though we are going through our struggle being homeless. We still have that love in our heart, and we look forward to sharing with everybody. It was that Christmas Spirit that shown so brightly today at Saint Francis house, a shelter today, dozens of volunteers like emily help provide a holiday meal for those in need. Thats what christmas is about really. Its about being able to give and such a simple level. Its not about the gift. Its about being there and being present and giving someone a smile and a merry christmas. And hope says gratitude is the greatest gift of all, because with faith, she has no fear. The cardinal has been hold services there more than ten years many take a look, a familiar face, a local rock legend taking some time out of his Holiday Celebration to give back to those in need. Marsh field resident Stephen Tyler helping out with the town food bank. He joined the police chief last night to do shopping for those tom brady having fun with santa. He posted this facebook page. On thanksgiving he dressed up as a turkey. Fun to watch. We continue to follow the breaking news out of everett where an hour long standoff came to a dramatic ending. A reporter is on scene working to get new information and well get you back to that also, rob is the moon was officially full about an hour before sunrise this morning. Havent seen a christmas full moon since 1977 and wont see another one until 2034. Its fairly rare, so enjoy it, cloud out there this evening but later tonight another look at that still almost full moon. Temperatures will stay very mild through the weekend, just a reminder, 38 would be about average for late december. We are going to be well above that, almost 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday, bus still 50 tomorrow with ten degrees above average. Tuesday, could end up being the coldest day of the month of december so far, and thats about the time we are expecting 56 in boston. 52 in portsmouth and really mild temperatures that will continue through most of the evening at 58 in laurenton. Temperatures will stay into the 60s until midnight. Depending where you are you may see drops of rain and light rain showers. Front to our south, got moisture tilds. Already have a little rain on the radar here basically from knee bedford and chatham and more towards road i will. Island. Maybe a few sprinkles across parts of new hampshire. Middle boston area should stay dry. Saturday sunshine early day. In the day on saturday, in ad ance of our next rain maker that will roll through here saturday night into sunday morning. There you see the time on your screen. Sunday will still be very mild. Get two opportunities for rain on sunday. The first will be with a warm front on sunday morning. Then likely to get a break around lunchtime or so. Then a second round of rain rolls through late in the day courtesy after cold front that could bring showers around dinner time. Behind that cold front, we get a blast of cold air that likely will be the coldest weve seen so far this year will that is the setup for what could be snow as we head into tuesday many meantime temperatures tonight generally upper 30s, about 43 in boston. Upper 30s further north an west. Highs tomorrow about ten degrees cooler than what we had out there today, but still mild for late december standards and even warmer into sunday. Best chance of rain this weekend saturday night into sunday morning then maybe one final round sunday night put we will tuesday. Temperatures will likely be below freezing as that next storm system arrives. Changing over to rain as we head into tuesday afternoon, too early to get the temperatures and the accumulations down pat so stay tuned. Right now we continue to update breaking news in everett where a house went up in flames after a tense standoff that lasted several hours. We are on stand by because we are expecting the police chief to give us an update the next several minutes. First to fox45, eric race mun live with the breaking updates. Reporter stefanie, we still have a lot of heavy smoke here on summer and oliver street in everett. We can show you the effort by firefighters to make sure all the flames are put out in this house. This of course was the focus of a day long standoff. Police had a man surrounding this home since mid morning. Possible gunfire or a loud boom as neighbors described hearing this morning. They came out. The man inside refused to give up an just about 45 minutes ago when we were live on air, we saw this man surrender. In fact wey some video that one of our cameras recorded. We can show you where this man, who is the subject of the intense standoff, finally came out with his hands up. He appeared from our Vantage Point to be an older gentleman, and then Police Rushed in and took him to the ground. The timing here is especially critical because what felt like just a few moments after that arrest was made by officers is when we saw flames erupt from that house, going from apparently everything being okay fire wise to a very large fire in a short amount of time. Thats when firefighters rushed in, police tried to get people out of the area in this neighborhood where houses arent fairly close together. One woman who was living next door. We in the last 30 minutes or so add chance to speak with neighbors. Weve heard from two who believe that fire may have been started actually before the man was take than into custody. Thats the critical question tonight because investigators want to know if that man started the fire before he gave up or somehow the fire started in the effort to take this man down. All Afternoon Police have been communicating with him over a bullhorn, urging him to come out telling him to put his hands up, none of that seemed to be working until a little after 5 30 this evening when he gave himself up, and this fire started. Again to pint you raised moments ago, i had a chance to speak briefly with the police chief. He told us he does expect to give us a briefing on everything that happened here today, to tell us what he knows, to let us know if anybody else was in that house, if anybody else was hurt. These are all questions that we as soon as the chief is ready to speak we will bring it live. Live in everett, fox45 news. A know a lot of people watching this closely. This all starting around mid morning. Neighbors very concerned about this. As that man was taken into custody that fire erupting. Showing it live as you just heard, we are expecting the police chief to have a News Conference, and if we are not able to bring it to you live on our air we are going to have constant updates on out. You want i fix this mess . A mess . I dont think whats that . Snapshot from progressive. Plug it in, and you can save on Car Insurance based on your good driving. You sell to me . You want to try . I try this if you try. Not this. Okay. News. A standoff in a house that erupted in flames, all caught on fox45. We saw Police Taking a man into custody and moments later a house that he was in went up in flames. Eric rasmussen has been there since noon. He joins us live near summer street with another update. Eric. Heres what we know at this point. This standoff happened or started i should say around mid morning when neighbors heard what one woman described as a boom coming from inside this house. Its a home that everybody older man occupied. When Police Arrived on the scene they brought in the s. W. A. T. Team, a hv i armed vehicle and surrounded the house, and then there were hours of waying. We could hear police talking to the man over the bullhorn, trying to coax him out. Around 3 30 we began to hear pops or shots come from police, not bullets but perhaps what they call flash bang or teargas cannisters. Then this culminated in the last hour when the man surrendered. He came out with his hands up. We got video of Police Taking this man down and into custody, and then just moments later a fire erupted in that house from which he had just come. So now the job im going tell you, the scene is very active. What happened in that house that initially led police out here was anybody else hurt. These are all things we are hoping to get answers shortly. We are awaiting a News Conference the chief of police an will bring you more information in our later news. We will be updating the story and online. Youve been tracking the weather all day long. Amazingly warm out, but cold. Believe it or not we set records second day in a row. Not expecting records over the weekend but still mild. Just rain saturday night into sunday morning, then one other round of rain late sunday evening. Storm will likely begin as snow before changing over to rain. Of course the big question is how much will accumulate of the its been so warm recently shall may be tough for snow to stick to the ground. Everybody saying where is win ter. Rob and blair you wouldnt. Steve harvey crowned miss colombia and then announce td real winner, miss philippines. He tweeted this photo showing