Tenth Person Dies From Massachusetts Assisted-Living Fire
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A 10th person has died in the aftermath of the fire at the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts. Brenda Cropper, 66, had been hospitalized in critical condition since the Sunday fire.
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.
Gabriel House had seen better days. But for residents and their families, it was the center of a caring community.
The cause of the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts is still unknown.