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Assisted-living home cited for late reports of safety incidents years before fatal fire
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more ...
Deadly fire prompts scrutiny of assisted living homes that serve lower income adults
Top Massachusetts officials are suggesting the state consider new ways to regulate and finance so-called affordable assisted ...
9 dead in Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living home fire. Chief calls it "unfathomable tragedy."
Nine people were killed and one was critically injured in an assisted living home fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, ...
Assisted-living facility where 9 died in fire was up for recertification this year: Officials
The Massachusetts assisted-living facility that caught fire Sunday evening was slated to undergo a recertification and ...
Massachusetts assisted-living blaze kills a musician, secretary, and veteran Army sharpshooter
A Massachusetts native, Willett spent more than 20 years as a secretary and even worked briefly as a cocktail waitress, her ...
Fall River fire chief defends response to deadly fire at assisted living home
You could have had 100 firefighters show up on that scene and it wouldn’t have been enough,” Jeffrey Bacon said at a news ...
Family of woman who survived assisted-living facility fire: 'I'm sure she felt so helpless'
Shirley Chambra was outside smoking a cigarette when she saw sparks and then flames at her home: the Gabriel House ...
Gabriel House resident who wasn't home at night of fire speaks about loss
A five-year resident of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Donna Murphy, told NBC 10 that for the first time in five years, she ...