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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Victims ID'd from deadly fire at Fall River assisted living facility
Authorities identified some of the residents of a Fall River assisted living facility who died due to a large fire on Sunday night. The residents were: Rui Albernaz, 64 Ronald Codega, 61 Margaret Duddy, 69 Robert King, 78 Kim Mackin, 71 Richard Rochon, 78 Eleanor Willett, 86 A 70-year-old female and a 77-year-old male will be identified after the next of kin are notified, according to the Bristol District Attorney's Office. The origin and cause of the fire remain under investigation by state and local authorities. The cause does not appear to be suspicious at this time, the office said. 'My heart goes out to all of the victims, their families and all of those impacted by this terrible tragedy. I would like to commend the first responders for their efforts in bringing many of the residents to safety while being confronted with very difficult circumstances,' District Attorney Tom Quinn said in a statement. A fire broke out at about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Residence, which drew nearly 50 firefighters to the scene and left a vulnerable population calling for help from their windows. The Gabriel House opened in 1999 and has a total of 100 units, according to a state website. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon described rescue efforts as 'super labor-intensive and man-power intensive' due to the mobility issues for many of the residents. The first firefighters at the scene saw flames coming out of the front doors and multiple residents were hanging out of the window, screaming for help, Bacon said. Bodies of two missing Mass. brothers recovered near R.I. beach Tewksbury man photographed woman under business' bathroom stall door, police say Mass. weather: Storm chances Monday night bring flash flooding risk Northampton gives up on stalled Calvin deal, puts liquor license back into circulation Fall River firefighters' union says 'lives would've been saved' with adequate staffing levels Read the original article on MassLive.
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Victims who died in Fall River, Massachusetts assisted living home fire identified
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.m. on Sunday. Around 70 residents were in the building at the time, according to the state fire marshal. The flames and smoke sent more than 30 residents to several nearby hospitals. One of the victims remains in critical condition. Several of the residents died on the scene of the fire, while others were pronounced dead at the hospital. The names of the victims are: 61-year-old Ronald Codega 64-year-old Rui Albernaz 69-year-old Margaret Duddy 71-year-old Kim Mackin 78-year-old Richard Rochon 86-year-old Eleanor Willett Two of the victims, a 70-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man, have not been identified as police are waiting to inform their families. "My heart goes out to all of the victims, their families and all of those impacted by this terrible tragedy," District Attorney Tom Quinn said. "I would like to commend the first responders for their efforts in bringing many of the residents to safety while being confronted with very difficult circumstances." Eleanor Willett's grandson provided a photo of her to WBZ-TV. He declined to comment.
ABC News
26-06-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Albany Grasmere Wind Farm's future on the table as it nears its end-of-life
One of the country's first wind farms could break new ground with the owners of the Albany Grasmere Wind Farm considering the largest domestic upgrade of its heritage infrastructure. The 18-turbine wind farm, 420 kilometres south of Perth on Western Australia's south coast, was commissioned in 2001 with 12 turbines. The existing turbines — an additional six were added in 2011 — stand about 60 metres tall with a blade diameter of 70 metres. WA's state-run power provider Synergy estimates it generates about 80 per cent of Albany's electricity needs. In addition to generating power for Albany the farm is visited by an estimated 200,000 visitors each year. Once the largest commercial wind farm in Australia, its aging technology means it is a comparative minnow. "It was a 35-megawatt facility, which was huge at the time. It was nation-leading," said energy analyst Tom Quinn. "Today your biggest wind farm in WA is the Warradarge wind farm which is 283MW in size, almost 10 times as big. On average, wind farms have a 30-year shelf life. While no commercial projects have reached the milestone, Albany Grasmere is one of three across the country approaching the end of its predicted operating life. Australia's oldest commercial wind farm in Codrington, Victoria, was commissioned three months before Albany Grasmere and was marked for decommissioning with owners Pacific Blue citing high re-powering costs. The Huxley Hill wind farm, built on King Island in Tasmania in 1998, is undergoing an $11 million restoration to its existing turbines. Recent approval for a meteorological mast to measure wind data at Albany Grasmere could indicate that a wholesale expansion of the WA facility may be on the cards. Mr Quinn said Albany's power generation was about 1.5 to 1.8MW per wind tower, while modern towers can deliver 6-7MW per tower. "I would suspect they'll swap out the entire unit," Mr Quinn said. "Modern turbines give you a lot more grunt for the same turbine footprint. "I think that's probably going to be the most likely pathway the company will take." Owner Bright Energy Investments, which jointly runs the site with Synergy, said a plan for the future of the site was underway. General manager Tom Frood said data from the yet-to-be built meteorological mast would determine the future of the site. "[It includes] the option to rebuild the wind turbines with newer technology increasing the generation capacity," he said. Mr Frood said the wind farm was an "iconic landmark" that would play a significant role in Western Australia's sustainable energy future. More modern turbines used in newer developments across the region are double in size of those used near Albany. City of Albany executive director of infrastructure, development and environment Paul Camins said the city was supportive of redeveloping the facility. "Albany was one of the first regional cities in Australia to embrace wind power and we are proud of the role we have played in advancing renewable energy," he said. "We know our community values Albany's unique natural and coastal landscapes, so any proposal would need to be carefully assessed and considered. Mr Quinn said the Albany Grasmere site could act as a litmus test for other aging facilities around the country. "It's one of the oldest, and it'll be really interesting to see how they go about this process," Mr Quinn said. "We're going to see more of it, and I think there's an opportunity to get it right and set that template for how to do this."
BBC News
04-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Tech Life Data and me
What happens when a company we trust with our most personal data gets into financial trouble ? We hear from a woman who trusted a US company with her genetic information. Also on Tech Life this week, will there be enough electricity for the demands of artificial intelligence ? The International Energy Agency tells us about the challenges of powering the AI boom. And we find out how to grow an island in The Maldives. The tech involved could protect low-lying territories from erosion and rising sea levels. We enjoy reading your messages about the one item of tech you simply can't do without. If you want to tell us about your must-have piece of tech, please get in touch by emailing techlife@ or send us a Whatsapp message or voice memo on +44 330 1230 320. Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Tom Quinn Editor: Monica Soriano Image: A scientist holds a DNA sample with the results on a computer screen in a laboratory. Credit: Westend61/Getty Images
Daily Mail
30-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
The princess who 'regularly set fire' to her room in Buckingham Palace, according to a royal insider
There have been several fires at the Royal palaces in recent memory. The Royals were left devastated when Windsor Castle was seriously damaged by a fire in 1992, contributing to what the late Queen referred to as her annus horribilis. Then in 2002 a number of artworks were damaged in Buckingham Palace after a small fire broke out in the East Gallery. But one elderly member of the Royal Family gained a reputation for regularly (and accidentally) causing the blazes in the late 1960s. According to royal biographer Tom Quinn in his book Yes Ma'am – which lifts the curtain on the life of the men and women who serve the Royal Family – Prince Philip 's mother Princess Alice 'regularly' set fire to her own apartment in Buckingham Palace. Agnes Cooke, who worked in the royal kitchen for a number of years, told Quinn that Alice's love of cigarettes was behind her fiery habit. She said: 'Well, there was a lady in waiting who was very friendly with Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, when Alice was living at Buckingham Palace, and they used to smoke cigarettes together in Alice's apartment – so much so that they regularly set fire to it. 'And despite being very grand indeed – a member of one of Britain's oldest and most aristocratic families – this particular lady in waiting used to wander about with a cigarette stuck behind her ear, like a coal miner or a carpenter.' Princess Alice's life is one of the most remarkable in the history of the Royal Family. She was born Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Mary on 25 February 1885 at Windsor Castle in the presence of her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Shortly after her birth it was discovered that Alice was congenitally deaf but could speak clearly and lip read in several languages. While at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, she met and fell in love with Prince Andrew, a younger son of the King of Greece – a year later the couple were wed. Alice married into the Greek Royal Family at a tumultuous time with the family exiled from the country in 1921, the same year Prince Philip was born. By 1930 she was hearing voices and believed she was having intimate relationships with Jesus and other religious figures. She was diagnosed as schizophrenic before being treated by Sigmund Freud at a clinic in Berlin. When Charles' grandmother was released from the the sanatorium in 1932, she drifted between modest German B&Bs before she eventually returned to Athens following the restoration of the Greek monarchy. Alice then found herself stranded in Nazi-occupied Greece throughout WW2. Princess Alice with her husband Prince Andrew of Greece. While at the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, she met and fell in love with Andrew, a younger son of the King of Greece – a year later the couple were wed Due to her links to Germany, with her cousin serving as German ambassador to Greece until the start of the occupation, the Nazi soldiers wrongly assumed Alice was sympathetic to their cause. Instead when a general asked Alice if there was anything he could do for her, she bravely responded: 'You can take your troops out of my country.' During the war, she was instrumental in aiding the escape from Greece of several Jews. Alice even hid the Cohen's, Jewish family, on the top floor of her home, just yards away from Gestapo headquarters. When the Gestapo became suspicious and questioned the Princess, she used her deafness as an excuse not to answer their questions and prevented them from entering her property. Following the war, diamonds were used from Alice's tiara so Philip could present a ring to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen. Alice sold the rest of her jewels to create her own religious order, the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary, in 1949, becoming a nun. When the future King Charles III was born in 1948, Alice was living on the remote Greek island of Tinos. She went on to build a convent and orphanage in a poor suburb of Athens. The royal remained in Greece until 1967, when there was a Greek military coup. Alice refused to leave the country until Prince Philip sent a plane and a special request from the Queen to bring her home. She spent the final years of her life living at Buckingham Palace with her son and daughter-in-law before she died in December 1969, aged 84. She is buried in a crypt at Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives.
