Commission members felt a heightened urgency to release thorough recommendations after 10 people died in an assisted living fire last week.

A 69-year-old man is the first resident to sue the Gabriel House and its management following a fire that killed 10 people and injured many.

It's been more than a week since a fire hit an independent and assisted living facility in Fall River, killing 10 people.

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — A former Gabriel House resident has filed a lawsuit against the Fall River assisted living facility. According to a lawsuit filed on Monday, Steven Oldrid lived in a studio apartment at the Gabriel House.

The owner of Gabriel House assisted living facility has defended its inspection record, saying sprinklers were tested just days before the fire.

The Bristol County DA’s office released the previously withheld name of one of the 10 victims killed in the fire at Gabriel House assisted living.

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.

The pair of press briefings comes as several key questions about the fire linger, including the its cause and when and where exactly it started inside the three-story complex.