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Gabriel House fire timeline: Inside the race to save lives in a historic tragedy

MassLive pieced together police logs, radio calls and witness accounts to reveal a detailed look at the timeline of the ...

In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke

The smell of smoke should never be the last thing a person experiences in their own home. Yet for residents of the Gabriel ...
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Fire departments across Mass. fail to meet staffing standards, union survey shows

It's putting the public in jeopardy. It's putting firefighters in jeopardy,” said Rich MacKinnon, president of Professional ...
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Smoking or oxygen machine may have caused deadly fire at assisted-living home

A fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by either someone smoking ...

Fall River fire prompts reconsideration of how Mass. regulates assisted living

Staffing ratios, the affordability of care, and safety regulations are all being reconsidered in the wake of the Fall River ...

Gabriel House fire ratchets up state’s assisted living probe; here’s what might come of it

Commission members felt a heightened urgency to release thorough recommendations after 10 people died in an assisted living ...
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Fall River fire department to get state money: What else is Gov. Healey changing after fire

Healey announced $1.2 million in state funds would be made available to Fall River to hire more emergency response personnel.
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Fall River fire caused at one of two points of origin: Here's what initial findings say

Some “preliminary findings” into what caused the deadly fire at Gabriel House assisted living facility were released at a ...

Investigators identify 2 possible causes of deadly fire at Massachusetts assisted-living facility

Investigators have identified two potential causes of the deadly fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, ...

Investigators identify 2 possible causes of deadly fire at assisted-living facility

FALL RIVER, Mass. ( WPRI) – Investigators have identified two potential causes of the deadly fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts. But since they can’t pinpoint the exact ...