‘When these stories come out, they’ll write books about them’: Fall River fire chief speaks on firefighters’ experiences in fatal fire

Fall River fire chief Jeffrey Bacon held a press conference around p m Wednesday providing an update on not only the mental state of the firefighters involved in Sunday night s fatal fire at Gabriel House in Fall River but any progress made in the analysis on the fire When these stories come out they ll write books about them they ll write movies about them commented chief Bacon Chief Bacon recounted selected firefighters speaking about how they could not see their hands in front of their own face because of the deep dark smoke at the facility He announced he thought that without their response the fatality count would ve been much higher There s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill plus people and that the firefighters from Fall River in conjunction with the police and the EMS division and the EMA division saved all of those lives stated Bacon Unfortunately nine were not able to be saved Chief Bacon mentioned how all firefighters involved are back at work Wednesday Nine people died in the fire at Gabriel House an assisted living facility The cause of the fire and more is still under assessment