9 dead in fire at Massachusetts assisted-living facility
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First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
Nine people were killed and one was critically injured in an assisted living home fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, authorities said. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon called the fire at Gabriel House "an unfathomable tragedy.
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.
The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts, have been released by the Bristol County District Attorney.
The names of seven of the nine people who died in the Fall River fire on July 13 have been released to the public.
Ambulances appeared to be waiting for patients, while a report shared by the fire union indicated the fire may be a "mass casualty incident."
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.