After deadly fire, Massachusetts city will get over $1 million to boost emergency staffing

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday the state would provide money to improve public safety staffing for the city of Fall River in the wake of last week's fire at an assisted-living facility that killed 10 people. The July 13 fire at Gabriel House was the state’s deadliest fire in more than four decades. The blaze left some residents of hanging out windows of the three-story building screaming for help. Members of the local firefighter’s union said lack of emergency personnel staffing in the city made responding to the blaze more difficult, and made the fire itself deadlier. The fire in the blue-collar city in southern Massachusetts remains under investigation, but it has highlighted the lack of regulations governing assisted-living facilities that often care f