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Fall River assisted-living facility where fire killed 10 temporarily lost certification for resident mistreatment
The Fall River assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago.
Massachusetts Senate passes ban on cellphones in schools
The state Senate passed legislation in a 38-2 vote Thursday that would ban students from using their phones during the school ...
9 dead, dozens hurt in fire at assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts: Officials
Nine people have been killed and dozens are hurt as a fire tore through an assisted-living facility in Fall River, ...
A fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 10 people. Here’s what we know
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to ...
Massachusetts assisted living reform proposals delayed in wake of deadly Fall River fire
Members of a commission working on new regulations that would change the way assisted living facilities are run will delay ...
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 a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, authorities said. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon called the fire at ...
Fall River fire that killed 9, injured 30 deemed ‘not suspicious’; Victims identified
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quin III identified the 9 victims on Monday as 64-year-old Rui Albernaz, ...
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Fire union sounding alarm about staffing shortages after fatal Fall River blaze
In the wake of a tragic assisted-living facility fire in Fall River that left 10 people dead and dozens injured,<a ...
'It was chaos.' Firefighters who battled deadly Fall River blaze share stories of survival
Less than two weeks after the fire that killed 10 residents of a Massachusetts assisted living facility, the Fall River ...
Community gathers to support survivors of Gabriel House fire in Fall River
Hundreds of people waited in line for hours on Friday night for the chance to support survivors of the Gabriel House fire in ...
Fall River Mayor: Owner of assisted-living facility where nine people died in a fire is cooperating
Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people. At a news conference, Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said the building's owner was cooperating and that the ...