The DPS facility featured inspiring quotes on the walls, like this one—shown water-stained after the fire—from Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Dental Prosthetics Services finished a multi-million-dollar renovation in 2016 but, this past July, a natural gas explosion and resulting fire burned a significant portion of the lab; the rest suffered extensive smoke and water damage. Shown here: the destroyed removables department.

DPS set up tents and tables outside the burned building to go through the rubble and triage cases.

Staffers and vendors work to remove and salvage items from the burned building. Shown here: DPS Ceramist Katie Ford and Benco Representative Brad Lenth. — tagged Brad Lenth

DPS worked quickly to create a temporary laboratory in an empty building down the street. To create benches and work areas, the lab used small bathroom vanities as well as countertops donated from a nearby company. A local school district also gave chairs, desks, shelving units and file cabinets.

For more photos, visit LMTmag.com/DPSfire.