The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...

Five days before a fatal blaze ripped through Gabriel House, a fire safety contractor alerted the building owner his sprinkler system had not undergone the state-mandated five-year inspection, ...

After a deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River killed 10 people this summer, a MassLive investigation published last month revealed critical loopholes in the fire ...

HERE WITH THE WARNING THAT CAME JUST DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE. MIKE MARIA. SOURCES TELL US THE OWNER OF THE ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE HAD BEEN WARNED THAT HE NEEDED TO GET A THOROUGH INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ...

Fire Systems Inc. says it told Gabriel House owners that the building's sprinkler system had defective parts, but that the owner never fixed it. The company says it was hired to inspect the system, ...