A nighttime fire at a nursing home has left nine people dead in the northeastern US state of Massachusetts after a desperate rescue operation, local authorities said Monday. The fire that broke out Sunday at an assisted living facility in the city of Fall River was "an unspeakable tragedy," Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon told reporters.

At least nine people were killed and 30 hospitalized after a fire tore through a Massachusetts assisted living facility, officials said Monday.

Following the tragic fire in Fall River that killed nine people and hurt more than 30 others, Mayor Paul Coogan and Governor Maura Healey praised the efforts of first responders who worked through

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