Tenth Person Dies From Massachusetts Assisted-Living Fire
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The preventable tragedy at Gabriel House demonstrates the potential suffering posed to vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly, by the savage cuts to social programs in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” relied upon by millions.
Investigators are looking into a number of issues including the possibility that the fire was caused by smoking near an oxygen tank.
New bodycam footage gives the closest look yet of the heroism of Fall River, Mass., police officers and firefighters working to evacuate the Gabriel House amid a deadly fire.
There’s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill 50-plus people,” Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said Wednesday. The post ‘They’ll write books about it’: Fall River fire chief tearfully describes scene of deadly Gabriel House fire appeared first on Boston.