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topicnews · July 19, 2025

The number of fatalities in the senior citizens' living from Massachusetts increases.

The number of fatalities in the senior citizens' living from Massachusetts increases.

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A 10th person died after a fire devoured a facility for assisted living in Massachusetts almost a week ago, the authorities said.

The fire broke out on the evening of July 13th at Gabriel House Assisted Living Living Facility in River, about 50 miles south of Boston.

The 66 -year -old Brenda Cropper died of her injuries on July 18. The public prosecutor in Bristol confirmed on the morning of July 19. She had been taken to the hospital in critical condition since the fire.

“Her death was expected,” said the DA's office in an explanation.

The office of the DA previously wrongly reported her death after it was “misunderstanding with a medical authority”.

The examination of the origin and the cause of the fire continues, the department for fire and explosion examinations in Massachusetts, which were assigned to the Office of the State Brand Marshall, the River Fire and police station case, in connection with the state soldiers assigned to the public prosecutor of the Bristol district.

The other died residents of the Gabriel House include: Rui Sanbernaz, 64; Ronald Codega, 61; Margaret Duddy, 69; Robert King, 78; Kim Mackin, 71; Richard Rochon, 78; Eleanor Willett, 86; And Joseph Wilansky, 77. The office of the DA has not yet publicly identified a 70-year-old woman who died in the fire.

Over 30 people were brought to hospitals with injuries, including at least five firefighters with minor injuries, the authorities said beforehand.

What happened to the Gabriel House Fire?

It remains unknown how the fire started; The fire does not appear suspicious, but according to Jake Wark, spokesman for the Department of Fire Services, the investigators have not yet limited the potential factors to one thing.

The fire created the fire and climate systems that blocked the windows made the rescues difficult, according to Jeffrey Bacon, fire chief from Fall River.

Kerry Leckey lived in an apartment on the first floor and fled with her walker out of the building. She scrolled on her cell phone when she heard fire -alarms, and when she turned her out of the building, she saw the upper levels “completely on fire”.

Everything in her apartment was destroyed and three of her friends are among the dead, she said the Herald News, part of the USA Today Network.

“I was only there for two months, but I met a handful of really nice people and got pretty close to them in a short time, and three of them are gone,” she said.

Contribution: Jeanine Santucci, Christopher Cann, Dan Medeiros, Julia Gomez and Linda Murphy, USA Today Network

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