Fire at Fall River senior living facility kills at least 9
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First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
A fire at Gabriel House assisted living in Fall River, Massachusetts, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. City is responding and investigating.
You could have had 100 firefighters show up on that scene and it wouldn’t have been enough,” Jeffrey Bacon said at a news briefing outside the fire department’s headquarters Tuesday.
The state Executive Office of Elder Affairs cited the facility for seven deficiencies, four of which were repeat problems.
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Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted living home and they had to find a way to escape.
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Cockroaches, mice and beds without sheets were normal at Gabriel House in Fall River, a resident said a day after the deadly fire. “They didn’t care about people’s lives."
A fire that tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River has claimed the lives of nine people, officials said early Monday.
The investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing but “does not appear to be suspicious,” according to the Bristol County district attorney's office.