Fall River, Massachusetts
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Authorities identified the victim as Brenda Cropper, 66. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since Sunday’s fire, which was the deadliest blaze in Massachusetts since 1984.
Fall River Police released body-worn camera video from night of deadly assisted living facility fire
Police released body-worn camera video showing rescues from the night an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts caught fire, killing at least nine people.
River fire chief gave a harrowing recount of the night nine people were killed in a fire at the Gabriel House.
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.
The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.