Tenth Person Dies From Massachusetts Assisted-Living Fire
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Worcester Telegram on MSNState orders fire safety plans from assisted living centersAll 273 assisted living facilities in Massachusetts will be required to send a letter to all residents and families detailing fire safety protocols.
A 10th victim has died from the fire that ripped through a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week, officials said Thursday, as records and accounts from staff raise concerns about conditions at Gabriel House before the blaze.
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.
A fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts killed nine people. The cause is still under investigation.
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.