Hundreds of people waited in line for hours on Friday night for the chance to support survivors of the Gabriel House fire in Fall River, Massachusetts, who are now starting from scratch.

It’s very important in a crisis that people stay in contact,” Mayor Paul Coogan said in a wide-ranging interview from his office Friday.

Sunday marks one week since a fire ripped through an assisted living facility in Fall River, killing ten residents.

Some residents who survived Sunday's fire at the Gabriel House in Fall River are still hospitalized and in hotels. Here's the breakdown on Wednesday.

River expects to budget for an additional $1.5 million for fire department staffing, but in the immediate future, expects to fill gaps with OT.

Communities across Massachusetts continue to lend their support to the people whose lives were changed forever by the Gabriel House fire in Fall River.

Video from police body cameras shows officers entering the building during the fire and assisting with the rescues of residents. (The Fall River Police Department edited this footage.)

Residents who fled the deadly Gabriel House fire said fire drills were never conducted. The fire chief says there's a good reason for that.

Complainant screaming that there is fire, and alarms sounding. Unable to figure out exactly what was going on,” the dispatcher said.