At a press conference Tuesday, July 15, outside FRFD headquarters, Bacon said the city has typically relied on overtime for coverage in the event of a crisis -- but in an event like the Gabriel House “you can never have enough staff,” and that he is primarily focused on the lives that were saved.

River's building department released certificates of inspection for the assisted living facility where nine people died in a fire, Sunday night. WBZ-TV's Louisa Moller reports.

A Massachusetts native, Willett spent more than 20 years as a secretary and even worked briefly as a cocktail waitress, her granddaughter said. Her home was always a base for everyone in her family, Mallowes said.

A Sunday night fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River that took the lives of nine residents has left the dozens of the home’s surviving residents in need of basic essentials.

The city of Fall River is still looking for answers after nine people were killed in a fire at an assisted living center. The fire happened Sunday night at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility on Oliver Street.

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.

Mice, cockroaches and beds without sheets were a part of life at the Gabriel House in Fall River, according to a current employee, long before Sunday’s fire that killed nine residents and injured 30 at the assisted living facility.