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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 will have an update Tuesday on the investigation into the deadly fire at the Gabriel House ...
Mice, cockroaches and beds without sheets were a part of life at the Gabriel House in Fall River, according to a current ...
The names of seven of the nine people who died in the Fall River fire on July 13 have been released to the public.
The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts,​ have been ...
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 ...
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 ...
Crews have been battling a large fire that erupted at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts.
River's fire department doesn't meet national staffing standards, and union officials say more firefighters could have saved ...