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State orders fire safety plans from assisted living centers
All 273 assisted living facilities in Massachusetts will be required to send a letter to all residents and families detailing fire safety protocols.
Relatives say Massachusetts assisted-living blaze gutted a tough community
Gabriel House had seen better days. But for residents and their families, it was the center of a caring community.
Assisted living homes serve an increasingly frail population. Advocates say regulations haven’t kept up.
A fire this week that killed nine residents at a Fall River assisted living home has raised new questions about whether the 273 such residences in Mass. are properly staffed and equipped.
Body camera footage shows rescues during Fall River fire
Video from police body cameras shows officers entering a Fall River assisted living building during a deadly fire and gives a first-person view of some of the rescues.
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