FALL RIVER — Advocates for stricter policies and more efficient procedures in long-term care facilities like the fire-torn Gabriel House assisted living center are preparing to lobby for changes to ...
Again, during an unannounced visit in 2024, state inspectors found no fire drill documentation present for November 2023 or December 2023. A written plan of corrective action, signed in January 2025, ...
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:25 a.m. July 19, 2025. Brenda Cropper, 66, died Friday at 4:43 p.m. from injuries suffered in the blaze, according to a Saturday morning statement from ...
Nine people are dead and about 30 people are injured, one critically, after a fire broke out at an assisted living facility in Fall River late Sunday night. (Randy Vazquez/Globe Staff) The Gabriel ...
Fall River is increasing fire department staffing by $1.5 million in the wake of the Gabriel House fire. Mayor Paul Coogan and Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon are urging long-term care facilities to conduct ...