Nine people died Sunday night after an assisted living facility caught fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, officials said, with elderly people begging for help from first responders as smoke poured out of the building and blackened the hallways residents tried to use for their escape.

A fire at a senior living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, left nine dead and over 30 injured, officials said.

At least nine people have been killed after a fire swept through an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, and dozens of other residents and five firefighters have been taken to hospital.