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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.
River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon will have an update Tuesday on the investigation into the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home.
Local and state fire investigators are working to identify the origin and cause of the 5-alarm at Gabriel House on Oliver Street, officials said.
Ambulances appeared to be waiting for patients, while a report shared by the fire union indicated the fire may be a "mass casualty incident."
The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts, have been released by the Bristol County District Attorney.
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.
A deadly fire tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Sunday night, July 13. The Fall River Fire Department said the fire caused multiple injuries and fatalities at the Gabriel House home on Oliver Street, ABC6 reported.
River Fire Department confirmed that there are multiple injuries and fatalities. A family reunification centre has now been set up at the chapel at the St. Anne’s Hospital.