Displaced residents and relatives say, despite substandard conditions, it was a place where people from difficult circumstances found each other.

River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon shares emotional accounts of firefighters' heroic efforts during the Gabriel House fire, highlighting their life-saving actions.

Dennis Etzkorn, the owner of Gabriel House, arrived back at the scene of the fatal fire just before 1:30 p.m.<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...