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The eighth victim in the fatal fire that ripped through the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River on Sunday has been identified. Joseph Wilansky, 77, was identified by Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III on Wednesday.
The Gabriel House in Fall River, Mass., had not been inspected by the state in nearly two years prior to the fatal blaze on Sunday, July 13, according to CBS affiliate WBZ-TV and WPRI-TV, citing records from the Executive Office of Aging and Independence.
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.
A fire at Gabriel House assisted living in Fall River, Massachusetts, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. City is responding and investigating.
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.
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Good morning. As investigators work to determine what sparked the deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, here’s how you can help keep your loved ones who live at similar places safe. Investigators named seven of the deceased, who ranged in age from 61 to 86, including a Vietnam veteran whose niece remembered him as ”a tough cookie.”