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An investigation is underway after a fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here’s what we know
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.
Fall River facility where fatal fire broke out was understaffed and poorly maintained, current and former employees allege
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.
Fall River fire that killed 9, injured 30 deemed ‘not suspicious’; Victims identified
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quin III identified the 9 victims on Monday as 64-year-old Rui Albernaz, 61-year-old Ronald Codega, 69-year-old Margaret Duddy, 78-year-old Robert King, 71-year-old Kim Mackin, 78-year-old Richard Rochon, and 86-year-old Eleanor Willett.
‘Heroic’: Fall River first responders prevented ‘unimaginable loss of life,’ Gov. Healey says
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey praised first responders in Fall River for their “heroic” work in preventing an “unimaginable loss of life” in a fire at an assisted living facility on Sunday night.
Fire killed 9 at a senior living facility. What to know about its residents, past problems.
A deadly fire broke out at Gabriel House, an assisted living facility located about 50 miles south of Boston in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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