Gabriel House had seen better days. The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999. Some photos on its Facebook page show neat rooms

A survivor of Sunday’s Massachusetts blaze claimed staff fled the burning building, leaving elderly residents to fend for themselves — while another said workers didn’t even knock on doors to alert them as flames spread.

It’s important to note that these allegations did not involve the Gabriel House assisted living facility and were unrelated to safety concerns.

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,

The October 2023 compliance report listed several violations for Gabriel House, connected to missing documentation.

Around 50 firefighters, including dozens who were off-duty, rushed to Gabriel House in downtown Fall River just before 10 p.m. local time Sunday.

Nine people died and dozens were hurt in a fire at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility, and finger-pointing has already begun over whether there were enough firefighters to respond and whether staff at the facility did enough to help.

Por MICHAEL CASEY, KIMBERLEE KRUESI, PATRICK WHITTLE y HOLLY RAMERFALL RIVER, Massachusetts, EE.UU. (AP) — Un incendio en una casa para ancianos en Massachusetts cobró la vida de nueve