Fire at Massachusetts assisted-living home kills 9
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A man was shot after an armed standoff with police in Fall River, Massachusetts, while experiencing a mental health crisis, the city's police department said in a statement Tuesday.
The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.
Por MICHAEL CASEY y KIMBERLEE KRUESIFALL RIVER, Massachusetts, EE.UU. (AP) — Un incendio en un centro de vida asistida en Massachusetts mató a nueve personas y atrapó a los
"We are withholding the exact number pending updates on some patients' conditions," Massachusetts fire department spokesperson Jake Wark told Reuters.
The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999. Some photos on its Facebook page show neat rooms but older-looking carpeting and furniture.