One person is dead after a fire broke out in a multi-family home in Fall River Sunday night.

NBC 10 reports that the fatal blaze engulfed a home on Eastern Avenue in Fall River and flames were seen shooting from the building around 6:30 p.m.

Fall River fire officials did confirmed that a man on the third floor died as a result of the fire, but did not reveal the man's identity.

No further information was available at this time.

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