River firefighters arrived at the scene Sunday to find some of the trapped residents screaming for help out of the windows.

Today it is nearly impossible to think of anything else but the loss and suffering being endured by so many because of the fire," Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha said in a statement Monday.

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.