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Fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home kills 9

Deadly Massachusetts fire highlights the minimal regulations that govern assisted-living facilities

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.

CNN on MSN · 22h

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.

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Fall River assisted living center fire kills 9: What happened Monday

A fire at Gabriel House assisted living in Fall River, Massachusetts, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. City is responding and investigating.

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Fall River Fire at Gabriel House what happened on Tuesday: 'Budgets are politics'

At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for coverage in the event of a crisis -- but in an event like the Gabriel House “you can never have enough staff,” and that he is primarily focused on the lives that were saved.

Yahoo · 23h

Man shot after armed standoff with Fall River officers, police say

A man was shot after an armed standoff with police in Fall River, Massachusetts, while experiencing a mental health crisis, the city's police department said in a statement Tuesday.

WPRI Providence on MSN · 1d

Man dead after armed confrontation with Fall River police

Fall River police say a mental health-related call led to an exchange of gunfire between a man and responding officers. Just after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, police went to a duplex on Langley Street after receiving calls from concerned family members,

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Long List of Problems Emerges at Assisted Living Facility Where 9 Died in Fire, as Mayor Claims Owner Isn't Cooperating

Violations were previously found at a Massachusetts assisted living facility where nine people died in a fire. Now, the mayor ...

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Survivor of deadly Fall River assisted living fire said "I thought it was going to be the end"

Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted ...

Fall River fire victims include a musician, secretary, and veteran Army sharpshooter

A blaze at a Massachusetts assisted-living home Sunday killed a musician, a secretary, a veteran Army sharpshooter and six other people. Some in her family say Gabriel House wasn’t ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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