Fall River Fire Department battling heavy multi-alarm fire at city residence

Firefighters are battling a major fire in Fall River on Monday afternoon.

At approximately 4:45 p.m., a call came in for flames showing at 118 Danforth Street.

Upon arrival, crews found heavy fire in the 2 1/2 floor residence.

According to scanner transmissions, all occupants were out of the building.

Firefighters began an interior attack but had to switch to an exterior/defensive attack.

As of 5:30 p.m. crews were still battling the blaze that caused extensive damage to the upper floors.