A short-staffed Fall River Fire Department struggled in the Gabriel House fire. But most Mass. fire departments are not staffed to proper standards.

Fire engines or ladder trucks should be staffed with four members. In Massachusetts, the average is about two firefighters.

Investigators say a fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was likely caused by smoking or an ...

Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to ...

The Bristol County District Attorney’s Office released the previously withheld name of one of the 10 victims killed in the ...

The cause of a deadly fire​ at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts has been narrowed to two ...

One person was taken to a Massachusetts hospital Saturday during the emergency response to a fire in a waterfront home on the ...

The fire began in a resident’s room in an assisted living facility in Fall River, where investigators found an oxygen machine ...

David Letterman slams CBS' decision to cancel 'The Late Show' as 'pure cowardice' ...

The July 13 fire killed 10 people and injured at least 30. Its exact cause might never be determined, officials said.

After spending days in critical condition, Brenda Cooper, 66, succumbed to injuries she sustained on July 16, officials said.

Some of the strongest pushback against state literacy requirements has come from Massachusetts’ wealthiest communities.