Tenth Person Dies From Massachusetts Assisted-Living Fire
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The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts, have been released by the Bristol County District Attorney.
Flames roared through an assisted-living residence in Massachusetts, killing nine people, injuring 30 others and trapping residents inside.
A former employee said she never saw the staff perform fire drills. The local fire chief pushed back at claims that dispatching more firefighters would’ve saved more lives.
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.
The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office said it erroneously reported 66-year-old Brenda Cropper dead due to a “miscommunication.” The post Fall River fire victim reported dead Thursday is still alive,