Fall River, Gabriel House Assisted Living
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First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
River's building department released certificates of inspection for the assisted living facility where nine people died in a fire, Sunday night.
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.
"Whatever can be learned from this tragedy, from fire prevention to rescue perspectives, is of the utmost importance," writes one reader.
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"He has a financial obligation to these people, and we're going to see to the best of our ability that he does what he's supposed to do for them because these people were thrown into the abyss," the mayor said.
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A GoFundMe was set up to help the families of those impacted by a fire that burned a Massachusetts assisted living facility Sunday night, with nine people dead and 30 hurt.
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.