Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted living home​ and they had to find a way to escape.

The owner was indicted in 2012 in an alleged kickback scheme, but the charges were dropped after judges ruled investigators obtained key records illegally, records show.

Multiple residents of the facility were declared dead at the scene of the Gabriel House fire, with many others taken to area hospitals in varying conditions. At the scene Monday morning, Fall River Fire Chief Jeffery Bacon said he had never before seen an incident like this.