River's building department released certificates of inspection for the assisted living facility where nine people died in a fire, Sunday night.

At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for coverage in the event of a crisis -- but in an event like the Gabriel House “you can never have enough staff,” and that he is primarily focused on the lives that were saved.

A 38-year-old man experiencing a mental health crisis was killed early Tuesday morning after an hours-long standoff that ended when he fired at police and began a shootout.

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 employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.

River police say a 5-year-old child survived a fall out of a third-story window but apparently escaped serious injury.

"Whatever can be learned from this tragedy, from fire prevention to rescue perspectives, is of the utmost importance," writes one reader.