He was said to have carried a gun with him everywhere, and was extremely cautious when opening the front door of his house, in the town of Forney just outside Dallas.

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He begins by quickly and deliberately opening the office front door and smiling as he passes a puzzled staffer.

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Willingham had fled out the front door, and the fire simply followed the ventilation path, toward the opening.

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