River firefighters arrived at the scene Sunday to find some of the trapped residents screaming for help out of the windows.

The names of seven of the nine victims who died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts, have been released by the Bristol County District Attorney.The fire at The Gabriel House began around 9:30 p.

Local and state fire investigators are working to identify the origin and cause of the 5-alarm at Gabriel House on Oliver Street, officials said.

Nine residents died and about 30 other residents were transported for medical assistance in a Fall River assisted living facility.

A fire at Gabriel House assisted living in Fall River, Massachusetts, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. City is responding and investigating.

The exact cause of the fire is under investigation, but the DA’s office said it did not appear to be suspicious. The Firefighters Wives Association has set up a GoFundMe page to help those affected by the fire. So far, it has raised more than $30,000.

Residents of the Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts described the terrifying moments that smoke filled the assisted living home​ and they had to find a way to escape.

A fire that tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River has claimed the lives of nine people, officials said early Monday.

Today it is nearly impossible to think of anything else but the loss and suffering being endured by so many because of the fire," Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha said in a statement Monday.

Flames roared through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, killing nine people. At a news conference, Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan said the building's owner was cooperating and that the building will soon be boarded up.

Police are at a home in Fall River on Tuesday morning for a report of a man in crisis. Officers responding to the home on Langley Street established a secure perimeter