The owner of the assisted-living facility in Fall River where nine died in a fire also owns an adult foster care business in Worcester.

For weeks at a time, assisted living residents in wheelchairs on the top level of Gabriel House couldn’t leave their floor, trapped by a broken elevator that management wasn’t in any hurry to fix. Because they couldn’t make it downstairs to the communal dining room,

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.

As the massive investigation into the cause and origin of the Gabriel House fire ensues, we're learning more about the fire safety inspection reports from the Oliver Street facility.

Dennis Etzkorn, the owner of Gabriel House, arrived back at the scene of the fatal fire just before 1:30 p.m.<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More