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River police officers kicked down doors and battled heavy smoke to search for and evacuate residents—many with mobility issues—from a fire that tore through an assisted
Brenda Cropper, 66, is in critical condition after a blaze broke out at a Fall River assisted living facility on Sunday night. Nine people have died and 30 more were injured.
Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.
The fire that claimed nine lives at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, "was destined to kill 50-plus people," according to the local fire chief.
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.