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Relatives say Massachusetts assisted-living blaze gutted a tough community
The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999 in Fall River, ...
Victims who died in Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living home fire identified
The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts,​ have been ...
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In Wake of Deadly Fire, Fall River, MA, to Boost Staffing
After nine people died in an assisted living facility, IAFF officials said Fall River didn't have enough firefighters on duty ...
Fall River fire victims include a musician, secretary, and veteran Army sharpshooter
A blaze at a Massachusetts assisted-living home Sunday killed a musician, a secretary, a veteran Army sharpshooter and six other people. Some in her family say Gabriel House wasn’t ...
Survivor of deadly Fall River assisted living fire said "I thought it was going to be the end"
Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted ...
Fall River facility where fatal fire broke out was understaffed and poorly maintained, current and former employees allege
The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former ...
‘Heroic’: Fall River first responders prevented ‘unimaginable loss of life,’ Gov. Healey says
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey praised first responders in Fall River for their “heroic” work in preventing an “unimaginable ...