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It’s very important in a crisis that people stay in contact,” Mayor Paul Coogan said in a wide-ranging interview from his office Friday.
Two funeral homes, and St. Mary's Cathedral, are assisting the families of loved ones killed in the Gabriel House fire.
First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.
River Fire Department confirmed that there are multiple injuries and fatalities. A family reunification centre has now been set up at the chapel at the St. Anne’s Hospital.
Hundreds lined up outside the St. John Athletic Club Friday evening for a fundraiser benefitting residents of the Gabriel House assisted living facility, which caught fire earlier this week.
Gabriel House residents described a chaotic scene Sunday night before they were rescued from the blaze that left nine dead and dozens more injured.