Fall River, Gabriel House
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A former Gabriel House resident filed a lawsuit in Bristol County Superior Court after he was seriously injured in a fire that killed 10 people on July 13. Steven Oldrid lived at the Fall River assisted living facility prior to the fire. He was in a studio apartment when the fire started.
The cause of the Gabriel House fire that killed 10 assisted living residentsin Fall River this month is officially “undetermined” because investigators cannot yet say whether the fatal fire was started by the electrical or mechanical failure of an oxygen machine in a resident’s room,
Rescuing residents of Gabriel House was difficult because of window AC units — often a violation of building code that's difficult to enforce.
A woman hospitalized after the Gabriel House fire in Fall River on Sunday died after she was taken off life support, her family confirmed Friday.
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