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FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A 10th person has died several days after a fire broke out at an assisted living facility in Fall River. The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said 66-year-old Brenda Cropper died from her injuries on Wednesday.
River fire chief gave a harrowing recount of the night nine people were killed in a fire at the Gabriel House.
The fire that claimed nine lives at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, "was destined to kill 50-plus people," according to the local fire chief.
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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.
First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.