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News Wrap: Fire at assisted-living facility in Massachusetts kills at least 9

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, a fire at an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts killed at least nine people, Arizona's governor is calling for a federal investigation into why a wildfire along the Grand Canyon was not immediately put out and the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with dismantling the Education Department. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines in Massachusetts. Authorities say a fire at an assisted living facility killed at least nine people, dozens more were injured.

0:10.1

The blaze broke out last night at the Gabriel House in Fall River, about 50 miles south of Boston, leaving the front entrance heavily damaged.

0:19.0

Firefighters say residents were hanging out of their windows calling for help.

0:23.3

The facility is home to some 70 people.

0:26.2

One man said he didn't realize what was happening until he opened his door.

0:31.1

All the smoke from the hall were right in my face.

0:35.5

And all what I could do is just stand there and choke. And I thought it was

0:42.7

going to be the end of everything. Authorities rescued him and dozens of others from the burning

0:49.5

building. Meantime, a Massachusetts firefighter union say a lack of staffing hindered the response to the blaze.

0:57.0

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

1:00.0

Arizona's governor is calling for a federal investigation into why a wildfire along the Grand Canyon

1:06.0

was initially treated as a controlled burn and not immediately put out. As of this afternoon, the

1:12.7

Dragon Bravo fire had burned around 6,000 acres and was zero percent contained. So far, it's burned

1:20.2

some 80 structures, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. The blaze was ignited by lightning

1:26.6

strights on the 4th of July and quickly

1:29.2

grew amid hot and dry conditions, prompting officials to close the area to visitors for the

1:35.5

rest of the year. The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed

1:41.6

with the dismantling of the Department of Education.

1:45.0

The justices paused an order from a judge in Boston who had blocked the firing of nearly

1:50.1

1,400 workers. As is typical with such cases, the order was unsigned and gave no reasoning.

1:57.3

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent joined by the court's other two liberal members.

2:03.2

The order is technically temporary as appeals make their way through the courts, but it is a

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