10th resident dies in Fall River assisted-living fire
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12hon 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.
1don MSN
The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing requirements that are commonplace in nursing homes.
Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.
While an investigation continues into the cause of a Massachusetts assisted living community fire that killed 10 residents and injured 30, calls are growing in that state — and nationally — for federal oversight of the sector.
A 10th victim has died following a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week. Officials said Thursday that 66-year-old Brenda Cropper died the previous evening. She had
Earlier this week, nine people died after a fire in a Massachusetts assisted living facility. If you have a loved one in one of those places, you might be wondering if they have plans in case of an emergency.
A former employee said she never saw the staff perform fire drills. The local fire chief pushed back at claims that dispatching more firefighters would’ve saved more lives.
Flames roared through an assisted-living residence in Massachusetts, killing nine people, injuring 30 others and trapping residents inside.
Nine people were killed and one was critically injured in a fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts.
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