The deadliest fire in the state's history was Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub in 1942. The club was located downtown, in Bay Village, at 17 Piedmont St. Around 1,000 patrons were enjoying the Cocoanut Grove on the Saturday after Thanksgiving that year when the inferno erupted. In that historic fire on Nov. 28, 1942, 490 people were killed.

An assisted-living center in Massachusetts, where nine people died in a fire on Sunday, was cited for failing to report within 24 hours more than two dozen safety incidents years before the tragedy, according to the state’s compliance report of the facility.

FALL RIVER, Mass. — Following a deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, a state lawmaker is pushing for hearings to examine the incident and the regulatory requirements for assisted living centers in Massachusetts.

Survivors are speaking out after a fire at a Massachusetts assisted living facility killed nine people as staff and firefighters are being criticized for how they responded to the blaze.

A fire tore through an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, trapping residents inside, including some who were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday.