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

Flames roared through an assisted-living residence in Massachusetts, killing nine people, injuring 30 others and trapping residents inside.

Nine people have died in a fire at an assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts, according to authorities.