Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.

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.

The City of Taunton announced a coordinated outreach effort to all nursing homes and assisted living facilities after the fire at a facility in Fall River.

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. The post ‘They’ll write books about it’: Fall River fire chief tearfully describes scene of deadly Gabriel House fire appeared first on Boston.