( CNN ) -- All firefighters in West , Texas , are volunteers . Marty Marak runs a heating and air conditioning company as his day job . He kept fighting the fire even after the blast killed his wife and destroyed his house . Firefighters and medical personnel from hundreds of miles away also came to help .
All firefighters in West , Texas , are volunteers . Marty Marak runs a heating and air conditioning company as his day job . He kept fighting the fire even after the blast killed his wife and destroyed his house . Firefighters and medical personnel from hundreds of miles away also came to help .