On Saturday, 66-year-old Brenda Cropper’s niece, Priscilla Andrade, visited the memorial for the first time since the fire. She was with her aunt hours before the flames erupted.

For weeks at a time, assisted living residents in wheelchairs on the top level of Gabriel House couldn’t leave their floor, trapped by a broken elevator that management wasn’t in any hurry to fix. Because they couldn’t make it downstairs to the communal dining room,

A tenth person has died following last weekend's devastating fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office.

All 273 assisted living facilities in Massachusetts will be required to send a letter to all residents and families detailing fire safety protocols.

The family of a resident at the Gabriel House assisted living facility has retained a law firm to investigate the circumstances leading up to the deadly Sunday fire that killed nine people and left dozens injured.

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.

There’s no doubt in my mind that that fire was destined to kill 50-plus people,” Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said Wednesday.

FALL RIVER — The nine residents killed in a fire here at Gabriel House, an assisted living residence, are being remembered as fonts of knowledge and symbols of longevity.