Fall River, Assisted Living
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A funeral home in Fall River is offering free funeral and cremation services to families who lost someone in a deadly fire that tore through an assisted living facility, killing 10.
River called mutual aid during the Gabriel House fire when firefighters were overwhelmed. But they covered stations, not the fire. Here's why.
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Questions about Gabriel House living conditions and emergency preparedness continue to swirl following Sunday’s deadly fire.
River fire chief gave a harrowing recount of the night nine people were killed in a fire at the Gabriel House.
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The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing requirements that are commonplace in nursing homes.
The fire that claimed nine lives at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, "was destined to kill 50-plus people," according to the local fire chief.
The Fall River mayor’s office has confirmed all Gabriel House residents displaced by the tragic Sunday fire that claimed nine lives now have new living arrangements.
FALL RIVER — The nine residents killed in a fire here at Gabriel House, an assisted living residence, are being remembered as fonts of knowledge and symbols of longevity.