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The Bristol County DA reported the update Friday saying, "it was due to a miscommunication with a medical agency."
Gabriel House had seen better days. But for residents and their families, it was the center of a caring community.
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.
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.
Questions and finger-pointing have increased in the days since a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility killed nine and hurt dozens.
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Fall River Police released body-worn camera video from night of deadly assisted living facility fire
Police released body-worn camera video showing rescues from the night an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts caught fire, killing at least nine people.