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The city is taking a significant step closer to meeting the national standard for firefighters working at a given time.
When the deadly fire broke out Sunday night at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, the assisted living facility had 70 residents and just two staff members working, according to the mayor and an employee.
A blaze at a Massachusetts assisted-living home Sunday killed a musician, a secretary, a veteran Army sharpshooter and six other people. Some in her family say Gabriel House wasn’t
First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
"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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Survivors are speaking out after a fire at a Massachusetts assisted living facility killed nine people as staff and firefighters are being criticized for how they responded to the blaze.