Federal investigators are calling the blaze suspicious and have questioned several people, including two teenagers, but initial test results were inconclusive. Post Letters on Firehouse. Also Post Notes at the Star-Telegram Phillip Dean, a firefighter and Sunday school teacher, was looking forward to the birth of his first child this week. Brian Collins, who taught children about fire safety, was a father of two, with his wife due to deliver a third this summer. Gary Sanders learned everything he could about firefighting, and at age 19 already had two years of experience under his belt.
Firefighters work on the roof as it collapses.
A firefighter can be seen in the middle holding onto the roof. All three died Monday in a three-alarm blaze at a Lake Worth church that investigators believe was caused by arson. In the smoky haze of the smoldering remains, moist-eyed firefighters struggled to balance their sense of duty with an agonizing feeling of loss. Kent Worley of the Fort Worth Fire Department. Sanders, the youngest of the three, worked for the Sansom Park Fire Department.