Nine people died Sunday night after an assisted living facility caught fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, officials said, with elderly people begging for help from first responders as smoke poured out of the building.

A 10th victim has died following a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week. Officials said Thursday that 66-year-old Brenda Cropper died the previous evening. She had

Authorities identified the victim as Brenda Cropper, 66. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since Sunday’s fire, which was the deadliest blaze in Massachusetts since 1984.