Tenth Person Dies From Massachusetts Assisted-Living Fire
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Gov. Healey has announced measures to enhance safety at assisted living facilities in the wake of a fire that killed at least nine people.
By COREY WILLIAMS Gabriel House had seen better days. The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Some
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.
Ten people have died and 30 others were treated at hospitals after a fire on July 13 at the Gabriel House assisted living facility. The cause is under investigation.
Questions and finger-pointing have increased in the days since a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility killed nine and hurt dozens.