The final victim in a fire that killed 10 residents at Fall River’s Gabriel House assisted living facility earlier this month has been identified as 70-year-old Halina Lawler.
Nearly 50 firefighters responded to the July 13 fire shortly before 9:40 p.m. and found flames blowing out the front door of the building, which housed about 70 residents on Oliver Street. Multiple residents were hanging out of the home’s windows screaming for help, and police officers and neighbors helped rescue some of the residents.
In addition to the 10 residents who died, 30 residents were injured and the rest were displaced.
Besides Lawler, the other residents who died in the fire have been identified as:
- Brenda Cropper, 66
- Joseph Wilansky, 77
- Rui Albernaz, 64
- Ronald Codega, 61
- Margaret Duddy, 69
- Robert King, 78
- Kim Mackin, 71
- Richard Rochon, 78
- Eleanor Willett, 86
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