Fall River Fire at Gabriel House Live
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The city is taking a significant step closer to meeting the national standard for firefighters working at a given time.
You could have had 100 firefighters show up on that scene and it wouldn’t have been enough,” the fire chief said at a news briefing outside the fire department’s headquarters Tuesday.
When the deadly fire broke out Sunday night at Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, the assisted living facility had 70 residents and just two staff members working, according to the mayor and an employee.
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Questions about Gabriel House living conditions and emergency preparedness continue to swirl following Sunday’s deadly fire.
As state and local authorities probe Sunday's deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, a firefighter’s union is already claiming a shortage of firefighters may have played a role in its devastation.
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First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
"Whatever can be learned from this tragedy, from fire prevention to rescue perspectives, is of the utmost importance," writes one reader.