Brenda Cropper’s family describes her as a “tiny little thing” with a big smile who made friends easily. Cropper stood about about 4 feet, 11 inches tall, and her daughter Crystal Macura said her mother loved nothing more than her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, watching old TV shows, and cans of soda.

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A tenth victim has died following the Fall River fire at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility on Sunday, the Bristol County DA announced Thursday morning. “The decedent, identified as 66-year-old Brenda Cropper,

The city is taking a significant step closer to meeting the national standard for firefighters working at a given time.

Questions about Gabriel House living conditions and emergency preparedness continue to swirl following Sunday’s deadly fire.

Dignity Alliance, an advocacy coalition, is calling on state legislators to ramp up assisted living laws based on forthcoming state report.

The eighth victim in the fatal fire that ripped through the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River on Sunday has been identified. Joseph Wilansky, 77, was identified by Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III on Wednesday.

Brenda Cropper, 66, had been hospitalized in critical condition since Sunday’s fire at the Gabriel House on Oliver Street.

Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced the death of 66-year-old Brenda Cropper on Thursday. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since the fire late Sunday night at Gabriel House.

Investigators are looking into a number of issues including the possibility that the fire was caused by smoking near an oxygen tank.