A 10th victim has died from the fire that ripped through a Massachusetts assisted-living facility earlier this week, officials said Thursday, as records and accounts from staff raise concerns about conditions at Gabriel House before the blaze. ‘You don’t come back from that’: Fall River paramedics speak for 1st time after Gabriel House fire

Brenda Cropper, 66, had been hospitalized in critical condition for several days. She was the 10th person killed in the Fall River fire.

Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.