Exterminators were called to the Gabriel House multiple times since 2014 to get rid of bedbugs, mice and other pests at the assisted living facility, according to records obtained by Target 12.

Displaced residents and relatives say, despite substandard conditions, it was a place where people from difficult circumstances found each other.

River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said he plans to release the fire inspection report for Gabriel House Thursday, after paperwork delays.

There’s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill 50-plus people,” Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said ...