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A former employee said she never saw the staff perform fire drills. The local fire chief pushed back at claims that ...
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to ...
At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for ...
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 Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon deferred all questions about the fire investigation to the Massachusetts Department of Fire ...
After a devastating fire at an assisted living facility on Oliver Street, Fall River residents are mourning the dead and ...
A fire broke out at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday a Fall River assisted living residence, which drew nearly 50 firefighters to ...
River firefighters arrived at the scene Sunday to find some of the trapped residents screaming for help out of the windows.
The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former ...
Cockroaches, mice and beds without sheets were normal at Gabriel House in Fall River, a resident said a day after the deadly ...
Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quin III identified the 9 victims on Monday as 64-year-old Rui Albernaz, ...
Nine residents died and about 30 other residents were transported for medical assistance in a Fall River assisted living ...