Authorities identify 8th victim in Fall River assisted living fire

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WLNE) — Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn, III released the identity of another victim in the deadly Fall River assisted living facility fire that killed nine on July 13.

77-year-old Joseph Wilansky died in the fire at the Gabrial House Assisted Living Facility on Oliver Street.

Seven other victims were identified on July 14.

In addition, a 70-year-old female victim’s next of kin were being notified before a public identification, and two other residents were still hospitalized in “critical condition.”

The remaining residents were displaced by the fire, and members of the Fall River Fire Department have said that staffing shortages affected the response to the fire.