At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for ...

River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon deferred all questions about the fire investigation to the Massachusetts Department of Fire ...

The names of seven of the nine people who died in the Fall River fire on July 13 have been released to the public.

Gabriel House was an assisted living residence, according to the state of Massachusetts. Here's how the state defines that ...

The owner of an assisted-living facility in Fall River where nine died in a fire also owns an adult foster care business in ...

Assisted living residences are allowed to come up with their own plans for staffing, the state only requires it be reasonable to address the needs of residents. In the case of Gabriel House, the last ...

River firefighters arrived at the scene Sunday to find some of the trapped residents screaming for help out of the windows.

The state Executive Office of Elder Affairs cited the facility for seven deficiencies, four of which were repeat problems.

You could have had 100 firefighters show up on that scene and it wouldn’t have been enough,” Jeffrey Bacon said at a news ...

River's fire department doesn't meet national staffing standards, and union officials say more firefighters could have saved ...

Gabriel House had seen better days. The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so ...