A survivor of Sunday’s Massachusetts blaze claimed staff fled the burning building, leaving elderly residents to fend for themselves — while another said workers didn’t even knock on doors to alert them as flames spread.

A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents, according to

A man who was experiencing a mental health crisis was shot and killed by responding police officers during an hourslong standoff early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.

Por MICHAEL CASEY y KIMBERLEE KRUESIFALL RIVER, Massachusetts, EE.UU. (AP) — Un incendio en un centro de vida asistida en Massachusetts mató a nueve personas y atrapó a los