The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.

A deadly fire tore through an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Sunday night, July 13. The Fall River Fire Department said the fire caused multiple injuries and fatalities at the Gabriel House home on Oliver Street, ABC6 reported.

The Gabriel House assisted living facility where a fire killed nine and injured 30 on July 13, has been a fixture in Fall River since the late 1990s. The property at 261 Oliver St. was home to 70 residents, according to the Fall River Fire Department. As of 10:45 a.m., the cause of the fire was still unknown.