Police search for man they say intentionally started fire inside department store (VIDEO)

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"We got a little scared, because we were inside, so we didn't know what was going on," she said.

She said they didn't see flames but they could smell it.

We are investigating this as an intentionally set fire, we do have an image of a person of interest," said Capt. Eric Jackson with the DeKalb County Fire Department.

Officials said they are sure the man in the video used an open flame device to set some rugs on fire in the home goods section of the store. They also said the store evacuated about 15-20 customers and employees. No one was hurt.

Assistant Manager Kay Carson said you could see and smell the damage.

"It smells like burnt. I didn't see anything like burnt up, but there is water everywhere. It's water like high on the ground," she said.