10th resident dies in Fall River assisted-living fire
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18hon MSN
Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.
River fire chief gave a harrowing recount of the night nine people were killed in a fire at the Gabriel House.
River fire union has claimed more lives could have been saved if more firefighters were on scene. The mayor says the department was staffed as requested by the chief.