The owners of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts said the sprinkler system was "in working order."

It was Richard Aguiar, director of the Fall River Emergency Management Agency. Aguiar told him the situation at the Gabriel House assisted living facility was dire. “He basically told me that they already had two fatalities that they knew about and to get down there as quickly as possible,” Racine recalled.

A spokesperson for the Gabriel House ownership issued a statement on Monday, a week after a deadly fire killed 10 residents and hospitalized dozens more at the assisted living facility