After that review, a plan of correction was issued for the areas as Gabriel House was not in compliance with state regulations.

Gabriel House had seen better days.

Elderly residents – some in wheelchairs and some dependent on oxygen tanks – were blinded by deadly smoke as they tried to escape an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, which caught fire Sunday evening.

City Councilor Linda Pereira during the Fall River City Council Tuesday July 15, 2025.

“It’s very challenging to finance them,” said Robin Lipson, the state’s chief official for elder services, during a meeting of a commission created last year to improve long-term care in the state.