The fire killed nine people and trapped residents inside, including some who leaned out of windows and screamed for help.

Nine people were killed and at least 30 were hospitalized after a fire ripped through an assisted living facility in Fall River Sunday night, the city’s fire chief said.

Calls to 911 reporting a fire at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, began coming in shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, marking the start of a prolonged emergency response to rescue the roughly 70 people who lived there,