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It’s very important in a crisis that people stay in contact,” Mayor Paul Coogan said in a wide-ranging interview from his office Friday.
The cause of the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts is still unknown.
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday announced a series of new measures aimed at improving safety in assisted living facilities in the wake of a fire at Gabriel House in Fall River that killed at least nine people on Sunday.
Ten people have died after a Massachusetts assisted living facility caught fire Sunday night, making elderly residents rush to their windows to scream and beg for help as smoke filled the hallways.
The investigation into the fire’s cause is ongoing but “does not appear to be suspicious,” according to the Bristol County district attorney's office.
River Fire Department confirmed that there are multiple injuries and fatalities. A family reunification centre has now been set up at the chapel at the St. Anne’s Hospital.
Hundreds lined up outside the St. John Athletic Club Friday evening for a fundraiser benefitting residents of the Gabriel House assisted living facility, which caught fire earlier this week.
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More than five days after the deadly fire in Fall River, firefighters reflect on response and their own recovery.