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Officials: Investigation into fatal fire at Evergreen Home could take weeks or months
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 01, 2021, 5:24pm EDT
Officials involved in the investigation into last week s fatal fire at the Evergreen Home for Adults in Spring valley held their first news conference Thursday.
It s been a little over a week after the fire claimed the life of one resident and firefighter Jared Lloyd.
It s a multilevel agency effort investigating the cause of the fire, and answers from that day may not come anytime soon.
This is a methodical, drawn-out investigation that we anticipate to take at least several weeks if not a month or two, says Chief William McGovern, from the state Office of Fire Prevention and Control.
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District Attorney Tom Walsh commenting on the Spring Valley fire investigation. Photo by: Jennifer Korn
A community in mourning will not get closure for at least a few more weeks. District Attorney, Tom Walsh, joined County Executive Ed Day and several agencies this morning to hold a press conference regarding the fire at Evergreen Center for Adults last week that killed Spring Valley Firefighter Jared Lloyd and an unidentified resident.
Officials stated today that they are withholding the identity of the second victim at the request of the victim’s family.
“We have assembled today the investigative leaders from federal state and local law enforcement agencies pursuing this inquiry into the cause of the Evergreen Fire,” said Walsh.