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Death toll rises to 10 in devastating Massachusetts assisted living facility fire
Death toll rises to 10 in devastating Massachusetts assisted living facility fire

CNN

time19-07-2025

  • CNN

Death toll rises to 10 in devastating Massachusetts assisted living facility fire

Ten people have died after a Massachusetts assisted living facility caught fire Sunday night, making elderly residents rush to their windows to scream and beg for help as smoke filled the hallways. The blaze at Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River was the deadliest fire in Massachusetts since 1984, CNN affiliate WCVB reported. Brenda Cropper, 66, had been hospitalized in critical condition since the fire and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office announced her death Saturday, bringing the death toll up to 10. The office initially incorrectly reported she died on Thursday, then revised the death toll to nine, calling the error a 'miscommunication.' On Saturday, the office announced Cropper had died on Friday afternoon. The nine other victims died on Sunday night, when the fire ripped through the facility and prompted a frantic response to save lives. 'I thought I was dead,' said resident Loraine Ferrara, who was pulled Sunday night out of her bathroom window. 'I thought I was going to meet my maker.' It was impossible to get to the exit door through the blinding smoke, Ferrara told WCVB. 'I'd never seen anything like it in my life. I couldn't breathe.' Victims hung out windows at the three-story Gabriel House, begging to be rescued, Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon told reporters outside the facility. Officials with the firefighters' union later argued that understaffing may have made it harder to rescue residents and combat the fire effectively. Seven of the victims were identified as: 64-year-old Rui Albernaz; 61-year-old Ronald Codega; 69-year-old Margaret Duddy; 78-year-old Robert King; 71-year-old Kim Mackin; 78-year-old Richard Rochon; and 86-year-old Eleanor Willett, said Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III. Two other victims — a 70-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man – were not immediately named, pending notification their next of kin. An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing but 'the cause does not appear to be suspicious at this time,' the district attorney said in a Monday afternoon news release. The Massachusetts State Police is assisting in the investigation into the cause of the fire. Around 30 residents, including one in critical condition, were transported to local hospitals for treatment, according to the district attorney. The nearest hospital, Saint Anne's, is less than a block from Gabriel House. The facility treated 15 people overnight, spokesperson Kelly Brennan told CNN. Two were transferred to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence for Level One trauma care. Four were released and nine remained hospitalized in stable condition. Charlton Memorial Hospital, about two miles away from the assisted living facility, received 28 patients, with eight still under their care Monday afternoon, spokesperson Kaitlyn Johnson told CNN. Five firefighters were taken from the scene with 'mostly minor injuries' and have since been released, the fire chief said. 911 calls were made from Gabriel House shortly after 9:30 p.m., according to the district attorney's news release. 'I went to my room door, I opened it, and all the smoke from the hall went right in my face. All that I could do was just stand there and choke,' resident Al Manza told CNN affiliate WCVB. 'I thought it was going to be the end of everything.' Manza couldn't even see the hand of the police officer who guided him to safety due to the smoke. First responders pleaded for additional help rescuing residents, many of whom were unconscious or unable to walk, according to Broadcastify audio from Sunday night. 'We need a recall. We need manpower,' one person says on the recording. One responder requesting more medical units was told 'all medical units are currently in use, and we are trying to call for mutual aid to backfill our fire stations as well as to get some more medics.' In some cases, firefighters had to push air conditioner units out of windows to get residents out, their union's president said. More than 50 firefighters – including 30 who were off duty – joined the rescue effort after an automatic alarm system triggered the emergency call, Bacon said, adding, 'Every police officer in the city was here, too, and everybody was rescuing people.' One woman spoke on the phone to her father – a resident trapped at Gabriel House – while he tried to find a way out, she said to WCVB. 'He was on the floor talking to me, and I am crying, telling him, 'Break the window. Try to break it,' because he is so weak, and he couldn't break it.' She was able to direct firefighters to her father's location so he could be rescued, she told WCVB. The family of Rochon, who died in the fire, said the Vietnam veteran suffered from PTSD and homelessness and often couldn't afford health care after the war. 'We as a country should take care of veterans better,' the family said in a statement to CNN. 'They have served for our country; the least we can do is make sure they live a happy healthy retirement.' Gabriel House has been in operation since 1999, according to the state Department of Health & Social Services. About 70 residents were living in the building at the time of the fire, the Department of Fire Services said. The facility has 24-hour staffing, its website says, and Bacon told CNN two staff members were working overnight. Assisted living facilities in Massachusetts 'must always have sufficient staff to handle emergencies and meet resident needs as required by resident service plans,' according to the Executive Office of Aging & Independence. Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan described the blaze as 'a tremendous tragedy' in a Monday interview with CNN. Massachusetts State Police were on site overnight, he said, adding he was waiting for an official report on the cause of the disaster. 'It's a tragedy, no matter how it happened or what started it, but at the same time, we want to get to the bottom of this,' Coogan said. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy visited the scene Monday morning. 'All of these people needed assistance,' Healey said at a news conference. 'As you saw, many were in wheelchairs. Many were immobile. Many had oxygen tanks. They were severely compromised.' Michael O'Regan, president of the Fall River firefighters' union, was one of the off-duty firefighters who arrived to help battle the blaze. 'When I got here, what I saw was everyone overwhelmed,' he said at a Monday news conference. Firefighters were 'split between rescuing those that they could see, and searching for those they couldn't see, and then there were crews that were actively engaged in fire suppression.' It took 'a significant amount of time' to extricate each resident from the building, he said. Firefighters broke through windows and used ladders to access the building. O'Regan and several other off-duty firefighters didn't have breathing equipment to help them deal with the heavy smoke, he said. 'I didn't have time to go get the stuff, and we didn't have any extra stuff, so we did what we had to do,' he said. His brother, fellow firefighter Frank O'Regan, arrived around 40 minutes into the incident and found some residents still trapped on the third floor, he said. 'I couldn't believe that after all this time, there was still a full area with people trapped,' he said. 'It was awful.' It was one of the events with the 'worst loss of life' he's seen in his career, he said. Gabriel House's owner, Dennis Etzkorn, was previously charged with running a kickback scheme and has faced lawsuits accusing him of sexually harassing employees. The criminal charges were later dropped by prosecutors, and the lawsuits were settled out of court, according to records reviewed by CNN. Etzkorn said he and his family were 'devastated by the tragedy,' and pledged to cooperate with authorities, he told CNN in a statement. 'Our thoughts are with every one of our residents, their families, our staff, and the brave first responders,' Etzkorn said in the statement. 'We will continue to cooperate with the authorities and provide them with any information they may need throughout the investigative process regarding the cause and origin of this fire.' In 2012, Massachusetts prosecutors charged Etzkorn, his business, Gabriel Care, LLC, and another employee with charges related to illegally paying kickbacks to receive Medicare patients. Etzkorn, his company, and his employee pleaded not guilty to the charges. After more than three years of court proceedings, prosecutors dropped the charges in December 2015 after a judge threw out key evidence and ruled it had been improperly obtained. If Etzkorn had been convicted of the charges, he likely would have been banned from owning Gabriel House. According to Massachusetts regulations, owners of assisted living facilities must attest during a certification process every two years that no owner with at least 25% interest in a facility 'has ever been found in violation of any local, state or federal statute, regulation, ordinance, or other law' related to a health care facility. Between 2003 and 2013, Etzkorn was sued in federal court at least three times by former employees who accused him of sexual harassment. Those cases were settled out of court, according to records. Understaffing of the Fall River Fire Department was raised after the blaze by Edward Kelly, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. The national standard calls for four firefighters per company, Kelly said. But only two of Fall River's 10 companies meet that standard, he said. The other eight companies are operating with three firefighters each. 'Last night, had they been staffed properly, up to national standards, there would have been eight more firefighters effecting rescues here last night,' Kelly said. 'There's no doubt that would have made a difference in the amount of people that we lost to this terrible fire last night, lives would have been saved.' Bacon confirmed staffing was 'a fight we've been having in this city for generations.' 'We'd love to have four on every apparatus,' the fire chief told CNN. Fall River hasn't had four firefighters per apparatus since the 1980s or '90s, according to Bacon, who said it's 'always the goal to get back to that number.' At the peak of the response, there were around 65 firefighters at the scene, Bacon said. Coogan, the mayor, allocated firefighters to the department based on recommendations from the chief, he told CNN. The department has 140 firefighters in total, he said. Michael O'Regan said, 'We did the best we could with what we had – and what we had was not enough.' This story has been updated with additional information. The Bristol County District Attorney's Office incorrectly stated the number of people who died in the fire. It was nine. CNN's Jason Carroll, Sarah Boxer, Jillian Sykes, Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman and Majlie de Puy Kamp contributed to this report. Correction: A previous version of this story misspelled Al Manza's name; it also misstated the location of Charlton Memorial Hospital.

Woman, 66, is the 10th person to die after Massachusetts assisted-living facility fire
Woman, 66, is the 10th person to die after Massachusetts assisted-living facility fire

Associated Press

time19-07-2025

  • Associated Press

Woman, 66, is the 10th person to die after Massachusetts assisted-living facility fire

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A tenth person has died after a fire that tore through an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts last weekend, officials confirmed on Saturday. Brenda Cropper, 66, died at a hospital Friday, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III. She had been in critical condition all week, he said. Due to a miscommunication, her death for a time this week had been announced prematurely, officials have said. The fire, which erupted Sunday evening, left some residents hanging out windows of the three-story facility screaming for help. The cause remains under investigation, but the district attorney's office says it does not appear suspicious. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon says the blaze started in a room on the second floor. At least 30 people were hurt as thick smoke and flames trapped residents inside. Records and accounts from staff raise concerns about conditions at Gabriel House before the blaze.

How to help Gabriel House fire victims in Fall River: GoFundMe and donations drive places
How to help Gabriel House fire victims in Fall River: GoFundMe and donations drive places

Yahoo

time18-07-2025

  • General
  • Yahoo

How to help Gabriel House fire victims in Fall River: GoFundMe and donations drive places

(This story is being updated as more fundraisers are started.) The morning after a devastating fire at an assisted living facility on Oliver Street in Fall River, officials were mourning the dead and looking to help the survivors. The cause has not yet been identified. Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said Monday morning that the notification process for the families of the nine residents who have died is ongoing. About 30 people were injured, and one remains in critical condition as of Monday morning. The fire department has set up a family reunification center at Saint Anne's Hospital in the chapel. They are asking that anyone who goes there looking for information about a loved one should enter through the Emergency Department of the hospital. They can also call 508-674-5741 for information. State Rep. Carole Fiola, surveying the damage at the scene, called it a 'horrific tragedy.' 'Thank God for the response of our fire, police, and the aftermath of the community coming together,' she said. 'Just about everybody will have been placed by the end of the day today. That's miraculous.' Fiola said she spoke with a hearing aid company that was willing to help out any residents who had lost their devices. But local residents can also help List of places helping in Fall River Fall River Firefighters Wives Association, Inc., started a GoFundMe page to help families and the victims of the fire. Their initial goal was to raise $22,000 after achieving that goal on Tuesday, the association set a new goal of $70,000. The association is a non-profit that helps people displaced by fires and other emergencies - 100% of the donations will be given to the families of the victims. The link to the fundraiser is United Way has a longstanding Disaster Fund that is accepting donations to assist the residents and the organizations who are on the ground working with the families in coordination with the Red Cross, the Mayor's Office, the Firefighters' Wives Association and many others. People can access this trusted resource through (Fall River residents may recall the collaborative efforts when the Four Winds Fires devastated over 84 individuals a few years back.) Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fall River has launched a Clothing and Supplies Drive to support survivors of the Gabriel House fire. Donations of new clothing and bedding (particularly for twin beds), toiletries, and other essentials can be dropped off between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday at Catholic Charities of Fall River, 1600 Bay St., Fall River, MA 02724. Frontline Bakery, a West Bridgewater bakery owned by a former Fall River paramedic, is collecting donations for Fall River victims. Throughout the week and the weekend, donations will be accepted at Frontline for patients who have been injured or displaced. Some of the things needed for these patients are: toiletries, clothing (all sizes), medical equipment (canes, walkers, diabetes supplies), blankets, socks, and non-perishable food items. Frontline Bakery is located at 450 E. Center St., in West Bridgewater. South Coast Girls Walk posted on their public group on Facebook that at their walk on Saturday, July 19, they'll be collecting much-needed items to help those affected. Items especially needed include: Toiletries, Clothing of all genders and sizes, Blankets, Non-perishable food, Adult briefs, as well as Medical equipment like glucometers, walkers, canes, wheelchairs, and diabetic supplies They'll make sure everything is delivered to those in need. Christopher's Bakery, 1816 S. Main St, announced on Facebook that the proceeds of coffee sales will go towards providing relief 'and more to come' to those mourning the loss of loved ones or Gabriel House residents who were displaced in the fire. 'It's time to rally,' Christopher Silvia wrote in a Facebook post on the morning of July 14. AlphaCare Home Health Agency, 1707 Grand Army of the Republic Hwy in Swansea, is now accepting non-perishable food items, blankets, clothing of all genders and sizes, toiletries, adult briefs, medical equipment, glucometers, walkers, canes, wheelchairs, diabetic supplies between weekdays 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to help those, "in urgent need of support," posted AlphaCare nurse Emily Rivera to Facebook the day after the fire. The agency is not accepting monetary donations. The Disaster Distress Helpline, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is providing immediate counseling to anyone — including survivors, first responders, eyewitnesses, and even those who watch media reports on television — affected by the fire. The 24-hour Helpline, available at 1-800-985-5990 or immediately connects callers to trained professionals from the nearest crisis counseling center in a nationwide network of centers. Helpline staff provide confidential counseling, referrals and other needed support services in 100 different languages via third-party interpretation services. Spanish speakers can press '2' for bilingual support. For Deaf and Hard of Hearing ASL Callers, text or call the DDH at 1-800-985-5990 using your preferred Relay provider. This list will be updated as new events or fundraisers are added. If you are organizing a fundraiser or an event let us know at News@ or ckelleher1@ What happened at the fire in Fall River More than half the building's approximately 70 residents had to be evacuated either through windows or out the doors. Many were physically carried out because of mobility issues. 'The windows that would have affected the best rescues had the ACs in them, so rescues had to be done through smaller windows,' Bacon said. 'I would venture to guess … that there were more rescues out of this building last night than there have been in the 23 years that I've been a firefighter combined.' How to check in on anxiety and grief after Fall River fire If you're struggling with anxiety, grief, or trauma in the wake of this tragedy, please know there's someone who cares — you're not alone. This is a powerful moment to: Hold space in your heart for the families, seniors, first responders, and neighbors affected. Call Samaritans Southcoast's 988 Hotline 24/7 for comfort when you need it. Check in on loved ones who may be silently carrying distress — you never know whose life might be brightened by a simple, 'How are you today?' Fall River, we mourn with you and stand ready to care for one another. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 anytime. Help and hope are always available. For more information or to support Samaritans Southcoast, visit This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Fall River fire victims: How to help with GoFundMe or donations Solve the daily Crossword

10th person dies from Massachusetts assisted-living fire
10th person dies from Massachusetts assisted-living fire

The Independent

time17-07-2025

  • The Independent

10th person dies from Massachusetts assisted-living fire

A 10th victim has died from the fire that ripped through a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week, officials said Thursday. Brenda Cropper, 66, died late Wednesday after being hospitalized in critical condition since Sunday's fire at the Gabriel House, Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III announced. The district attorney's office did not release any more information about Cropper or about the fire that erupted in Fall River, a blue-collar city in southern Massachusetts. According Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon, the blaze started in a room on the second floor on the east side of the Gabriel House building, but details about the exact origin and cause are under investigation. However, the Bristol County district attorney's office has maintained that the cause 'does not appear to be suspicious.' The fire trapped residents inside, including some who were hanging out windows screaming for help. At least 30 people were hurt and nine people initially reported dead, all over the age of 60. Those who died have been identified as Joseph Wilansky, 77, Rui Albernaz, 64, Ronald Codega, 61, Margaret Duddy, 69, Robert King, 78, Kim Mackin, 71, Richard Rochon, 78, and Eleanor Willett, 86. The identification of a 70-year-old woman has not been released. About 50 firefighters responded to the scene, including 30 who were off-duty. Police helped break down doors and carried about a dozen residents to safety. Five injured firefighters were released from the hospital Monday. Union officials say the city didn't staff enough firefighters to rescue all the residents trapped in the blaze— a contention that city officials have since sought to resolve by promising to add more firefighters to each shift, initially via overtime and eventually by hiring new staff. Meanwhile, the facility's owner had a previous citation for failing to report numerous health and safety incidents. The tragedy has also called attention to the minimal regulations that govern assisted-living facilities.

A fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here's what we know
A fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here's what we know

Yahoo

time17-07-2025

  • Yahoo

A fire engulfed a Massachusetts assisted-living facility, killing 9 people. Here's what we know

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. Calls to 911 reporting the fire at Gabriel House began coming in shortly after 9:30 p.m., marking the start of a prolonged emergency response to rescue the roughly 70 people who lived there. Despite efforts by scores of firefighters – nearly half of whom were off duty at the time – and 'every police officer in the city,' nine Gabriel House residents died in the fire, according to officials. Those killed range in age from 61 to 86. Dozens of others were injured, one critically. Some residents, desperate to escape, hung out of windows, begging to be rescued, Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said. The blaze was the deadliest fire in the state since 1984, when 15 people died in a fire at a rooming house, CNN affiliate WCVB reported. Authorities, including the Massachusetts State Police, say the cause of the fire is unclear but 'does not appear to be suspicious at this time,' Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn, III said Monday. 'It's a tragedy, no matter how it happened or what started it,' Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan told CNN. Here's what we know as the investigation continues: 'All that I could do was just stand there and choke' Many Gabriel House residents – unable to walk or reliant on oxygen tanks – were trapped as smoke filled the hallways. Loraine Ferrara told WCVB she was rescued through her bathroom window. 'I thought I was dead. … I couldn't breathe. I thought I was going to meet my maker.' Al Manza said he got a face full of smoke when he opened his door. 'All that I could do was just stand there and choke,' Manza told WCVB, noting he couldn't even see the hand of the firefighter who led him to safety through the dense smoke. Firefighters broke windows and evacuated residents on ladders. In some cases, air conditioning units had to be pushed out of windows to pull people to safety, according to the firefighters' union president. Many residents were unconscious or trapped and unable to escape on their own. One woman whose father lived at Gabriel House desperately tried to guide him to safety while they were on the phone. 'He was on the floor talking to me, and I am crying, telling him, 'Break the window. Try to break it,' because he is so weak, and he couldn't break it,' she told WCVB. Her father was rescued after she was able to direct firefighters to his location. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healy emphasized the unique challenges of rescuing the assisted-living residents after visiting the scene, saying, 'All of these people needed assistance.' 'Many were in wheelchairs. Many were immobile. Many had oxygen tanks. They were severely compromised,' the governor said. Scope of rescue effort 'overwhelmed' first responders Firefighters and police sped to the scene of the fire after the assisted-living facility's automatic alarm system triggered an emergency call. Still, first responders pleaded for additional help rescuing residents, many of whom were unconscious or unable to walk, according to Broadcastify audio from Sunday night. At the response's peak, about 65 firefighters were on the scene – nearly half of whom rushed to help even though they were off duty. 'Every police officer in the city' also rushed to the scene, the fire chief said. 'Everybody was rescuing people.' 'When I got here, what I saw was everyone overwhelmed,' said Michael O'Regan, one of the off-duty firefighters who responded and the president of the Fall River firefighters' union. Rushing to the fire meant going without breathing equipment for some of the off-duty responders, O'Regan said. 'I didn't have time to go get the stuff, and we didn't have any extra stuff, so we did what we had to do.' Frank O'Regan, Michael's brother and fellow firefighter, said he was horrified when he arrived 40 minutes into the response to find residents still trapped on Gabriel House's third floor. 'I couldn't believe that after all this time, there was still a full area with people trapped,' he said, calling it one of the events with the 'worst loss of life' he's seen in his career. Understaffing of the Fall River Fire Department limited the response to Sunday's fire, according to Edward Kelly, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. National standards call for four firefighters per company, but only two of Fall River's 10 companies meet that, he said, noting eight more firefighters could have been available if the standard was met. Bacon, the fire chief, acknowledged the shortfall and said that particular standard hasn't been met in the city since the 1980s or '90s. On Tuesday, Bacon described the operating model of his department as 'less firefighters and more overtime,' saying it 'worked for us, but it's also working our firefighters to the bone, and it's going to lead to more injuries and it's going to lead to more issues down the road.' Coogan, the mayor, is working with Bacon to increase the minimum number of firefighters on engines in Fall River, he said at a news conference Wednesday. The city will rely on overtime hours in the short term to meet the new staffing threshold, and it plans to hire 15 to 20 additional firefighters over the next two years, Bacon said Wednesday. Previously, Bacon said rescues involving nursing homes or assisted-living facilities housing people with mobility or respiratory issues are 'the worst-case-scenario' for the fire department 'because it's difficult to save anybody.' 'The staff on hand went above and beyond and did more work than they absolutely should have been asked to do. They worked themselves harder than they should have had to,' he said. 'But the work that they did saved a ton of lives on that call.' What we know about Gabriel House Gabriel House, founded in 1999, housed around 70 residents at the time of the fire, according to the Department of Fire Services. Two staff members were working overnight Sunday, Bacon said. The facility was set for recertification and a compliance review in November, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services told CNN. Massachusetts' Executive Office of Aging & Independence, the state agency responsible for certifying assisted-living residences, last conducted an onsite visit at Gabriel House at the end of October 2023. The facility was recertified that December, after addressing some areas of noncompliance, largely stemming from missing or delinquent documentation, according to reports reviewed by CNN. Officials at the Wednesday news conference called for more uniform safety inspections for assisted living or nursing facilities, noting that current standards vary and may be insufficient. 'I just learned today that a nursing home and assisted living has a different standard on inspections,' Coogan said. 'Maybe those have to be uniform so we know exactly what's going on.' Gabriel House's owner, Dennis Etzkorn, said he and his family are 'devastated by the tragedy' that occurred Sunday night and pledged full cooperation with investigators. 'Our thoughts are with every one of our residents, their families, our staff, and the brave first responders,' Etzkorn said in the statement. 'We will continue to cooperate with the authorities and provide them with any information they may need throughout the investigative process regarding the cause and origin of this fire.' The city is still investigating the fire and will consider changes to building standards for assisted living facilities based on any findings, with the goal of preventing similar tragedies in the future, Bacon said on Wednesday. Etzkorn faced criminal charges more than a decade ago that may have banned him from operating an assisted-living facility if he'd been convicted. He was accused of running a scheme to illegally pay kickbacks in order to receive Medicare patients, but prosecutors dropped the charges after a judge ruled key evidence had been obtained improperly, according to records reviewed by CNN. Between 2003 and 2013, Etzkorn was sued in federal court at least three times by former employees who accused him of sexual harassment. Those cases were settled out of court, according to records. Victims range in age from 61 to 86 Authorities have identified seven of the nine Gabriel House residents who died in Sunday's fire. Three were in their 60s, five were in their 70s, and the oldest was 86 years old. Among them was Richard Rochon, a 78-year-old Vietnam veteran. Rochon's family mourned his death by highlighting the struggles he endured throughout his life – including PTSD, homelessness and affording health care – and called for better treatment of American veterans. 'We as a country should take care of veterans better,' the family said in a statement to CNN. 'They have served for our country; the least we can do is make sure they live a happy healthy retirement.' The other victims who were identified are: 64-year-old Rui Albernaz; 61-year-old Ronald Codega; 69-year-old Margaret Duddy; 78-year-old Robert King; 71-year-old Kim Mackin; and 86-year-old Eleanor Willett, Quinn said. Willett worked as a secretary for more than 20 years and Mackin was a violinist who performed in orchestras in the Boston area, The Associated Press reported. Around 30 residents were hospitalized after the fire, including one person in critical condition, the district attorney said. CNN has reached out to area hospitals for an update on the hospitalized. A total of 18 residents were taken to Saint Anne's Hospital and most of them have been or are ready to be discharged, Kelly Brennan, a hospital spokesperson, said Tuesday. But two of those residents were transferred to a trauma center in Rhode Island, where one of them remains in critical condition, Brennan said. Dozens of residents displaced by the fire were placed in temporary housing Monday, and seven people were still waiting to be transferred from a displacement center to other facilities on Tuesday, Bacon said. CNN's Aaron Eggleston, Jason Carroll, Sarah Boxer, Jillian Sykes, Casey Tolan, Isabelle Chapman, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Cindy Von Quednow contributed to this report.

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