What they saw upon initial arrival on the scene was horrific and at times, they were powerless and couldn’t perform the duties that they wanted to.”

The scene outside Gabriel House, the assisted living facility that saw a deadly fire over the weekend, was solemn Wednesday, as mourners placed flowers and lit candles, some praying, others standing silently, some imagining the scene over the weekend that left nine residents dead.

Jason Murphy has been anxiously trying to get his mother’s belongings from her room at the Gabriel House assisted living facility.

Video from police body cameras shows officers entering the building during the fire and assisting with the rescues of residents. (The Fall River Police Department edited this footage.)

A funeral home in Fall River is offering free funeral and cremation services to families who lost someone in a deadly fire that tore through an assisted living facility, killing 10.

Police, fire, and EMS crews worked to rescue residents as smoke and flames spread through Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in the heart of the city.

There’s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill 50-plus people,” Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said Wednesday.

FALL RIVER, Mass. — The assisted living facility that caught fire Sunday had working sprinklers and posted evacuation maps, according to an August 2024 fire inspection report. Ten people died as a result of the blaze. Five were still hospitalized Thursday, including one in critical condition.

The city of Fall River on Thursday released six years’ worth of fire inspection reports for the Gabriel House assisted living facility, where a fire earlier this week claimed the lives of 10

Investigators are looking into a number of issues including the possibility that the fire was caused by smoking near an oxygen tank.