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Strong storm brings down trees in Belmont, floods road in Fall River
A summer storm was swift but strong in Massachusetts Friday afternoon, leaving damage from Belmont to Fall River.
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Fire union sounding alarm about staffing shortages after fatal Fall River blaze
In the wake of a tragic assisted-living facility fire in Fall River that left 10 people dead and dozens injured,<a ...
Gabriel House fire in Fall River, Massachusetts may have been caused by smoking or oxygen device failure
The cause of a deadly fire​ at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts has been narrowed to two ...
"It was eerily quiet," Fall River, MA, Firefighter Relives Deadly Fire in Assisted Living House
"I'm proud of us, everybody who was there. One death it too much to handle," Fall River Lt. Paul Machado said.
In Fall River, our promise to the elderly went up in smoke
The smell of smoke should never be the last thing a person experiences in their own home. Yet for residents of the Gabriel ...
10 dead in Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living home fire. Chief calls it "unfathomable tragedy."
Ten people were killed and one was critically injured in a fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, ...
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Are there enough firefighters per engine? Not in Massachusetts, says national standard
A short-staffed Fall River Fire Department struggled in the Gabriel House fire. But most Mass. fire departments are not staffed to proper standards.
9 dead, dozens hurt in fire at assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts: Officials
Nine people have been killed and dozens are hurt as a fire tore through an assisted-living facility in Fall River, ...
Fall River chief says deadly assisted living home fire "was destined to kill 50+" as cause remains unknown
The cause of the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts is still unknown.
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Fall River, MA, Fire Department Gets $1.2M to Hire More Firefighters
Gov. Maura Healey made the announcement more than a week after a fire in a Fall River assisted living center left 10 dead.
In Fall River, a hellish nightmare of a fire
Visibility was near zero as smoke rapidly filled Gabriel House, an assisted living facility with 69 residents. People were ...
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Fall River fire department to get state money: What else is Gov. Healey changing after fire
Healey announced $1.2 million in state funds would be made available to Fall River to hire more emergency response personnel.