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Two funeral homes, and St. Mary's Cathedral, are assisting the families of loved ones killed in the Gabriel House fire.
It’s very important in a crisis that people stay in contact,” Mayor Paul Coogan said in a wide-ranging interview from his office Friday.
The mayor of Fall River said only two people were working at the Gabriel House in Fall River when a fire broke out Sunday night, killing nine residents at the assisted living facility.
Residents who fled the deadly Gabriel House fire said fire drills were never conducted. The fire chief says there's a good reason for that.
The Bristol County DA reported the update Friday saying, "it was due to a miscommunication with a medical agency."
Jason Murphy has been anxiously trying to get his mother’s belongings from her room at the Gabriel House assisted living facility.
The Fall River mayor’s office has confirmed all Gabriel House residents displaced by the tragic Sunday fire that claimed nine lives now have new living arrangements.