Ignite the Fire announced that their founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his 22-year-old daughter, Serena Wurm, died after the Beech B100 airplane crashed into a waterway in a residential area of Coral Springs, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, on Monday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The plane went down about five minutes after takeoff from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and was heading to Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica<\/a>.<\/p>\n Aerial video following the crash captured downed palm trees and fuselage in the homes in front of a large retention pond in the neighborhood. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n Ignite the Fire announced the death of the organization’s founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter, Serena, 22, in a plane crash on Nov. 10, 2025. (Ignite the Fire\/Facebook)<\/p>\n The mission organization identified Alexander as the founder of Ignite the Fire ministries.<\/a> The group said he was “known for his warmth and unwavering kindness” and his commitment to spreading the gospel.<\/p>\n “Throughout his life, Alex travelled extensively<\/a>, reaching various countries and continents, where he tirelessly worked to bring faith, compassion, and support to those in need. His legacy of faith and compassion touched countless lives,” they wrote.<\/p>\n Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena, 22, who were identified by their ministry, were transporting supplies to Jamaica. (Alex Wurm\/Facebook)<\/p>\n Serena, the organization said, was following in her father’s footsteps and was a “beacon of empathy and hope, inspiring all with her commitment to humanitarian work<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Alexander and Serena are survived by Alexander’s wife, Candace; son James, 17; and daughter Christiana, 20.<\/p>\n An aerial photo following the small aircraft crash in Coral Springs, Florida, on Nov. 10, 2025. (WSVN)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n The Coral Springs Police Department<\/a> confirmed to Fox News Digital that two people lost their lives as a result of a plane crash that occurred on Nov. 10 at 10:19 a.m.<\/p>\n “The investigation is ongoing<\/a>. We are working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration,” they said.<\/p>\n Fox News Digital’s Gregory Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.<\/p>\n Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a U.S. Writer at Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n You can follow her on Twitter <\/a>and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A father and daughter were killed Monday in a small…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3758,28579,28580,28,30,29,12146,628],"class_list":["post-43472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-christianity","tag-disasters-us","tag-faith-personal-freedoms","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jamaica","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/wrum-1.png\")
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