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p style=text-align: left;img src=http://api.ning.com/files/Bn1dGqoN99SHhG9FlEt085UdKmD9Yi6w-SNsDzrvITh8Ob518XgtUKdGNOeAKPkhOvdlsoXj3cxabtESwbB UFy0fg2W-JW0N/ALeqM5godD3nzgizlNmQSa3k9aZqpkhenw.jpg alt= width=369 height=288//p br / A volunteer firefighter was charged Saturday with setting a fire that ripped through a crowded apartment house, killing a woman and three of her children.br / br / bCaleb Lacey/b, 19, a volunteer member of the bLawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department/b, set the fire at a neighbor's apartment house as a staged rescue attempt that went awry, said Nassau County homicide detective bLt. John Azzata/b.br / br / The suspected motive is what arson experts call 'hero' or 'vanity' — to be the savior and appear to have saved individuals, he said.br / br / bLacey/b faces one count of arson and four counts of second-degree murder in the Feb. 19 blaze in the Long Island town of Lawrence. He was arrested Friday.br / br / Police said bLacey/b poured gasoline into the building's only staircase and set the fire, then returned to the fire department headquarters. When the call came in, Lacey was one of the first responders on the fire truck, said bAzzata/b.br / br / At the arraignment, a prosecutor said Lacey in a video statement admitted to setting the fire and that he knew people were inside the building at the time, according to iNewsday/i.br / br / Authorities said the fire blocked the main escape route from the building. Killed in the blaze were bMorena Vanegas/b, 46; daughters bSusanna Vanegas/b, 9, and bAndrea Vanegas/b, 13; and son bSaul Presa/b, 19. Eight other residents, including Vanegas' two other children and their father, escaped through windows.br / br / Hempstead town officials also issued summonses to the building's owners, citing the removal of a fire escape without a permit.br / br / bLacey/b, of Lawrence, was ordered held without bail. Police did not immediately know if he had a lawyer. There was no immediate response to a call to Outreach Church of God in Christ, where bLacey's/b father is a pastor.br / br / The fire department said bLacey/b, a probationary member since May 2008, had been suspended for an unrelated incident, details of which were not immediately disclosed.