Contra Costa County fire officials say seminarian Bich Nguyen was the first to realize a fire had broken out early this morning in the rectory of the Good Shepherd Church. Nguyen and Richter returned, and pounded on Babobidk's door, waking him, and helping him out the building. Richter suffered smoke inhalation after re-entering the building. He was treated at a hospital in Antioch and released.
Investigators believe the fire was caused by a candle left unattended in the church's rectory.