Some fire fighters said he was never seen at the office.

As a child, he wanted to become a fire fighter.

Many fire fighters work more than 50 hours a week.

Today it's the place where fire fighters from all over the world learn how best to do their job.

Two years later, the Department had increased to 11 fire fighters.

He said that minutes later, fire fighters were on the scene.

Fire fighters arrived after five minutes, but it was too late.

In total 84 people lost their lives because of the fires, including several fire fighters.

Fire fighters from all over the country would be responding within minutes.

Other fire fighters lost their lives as a result of similar explosions in the late 1960s.