A TENTH person has died as a result of the raging fire at a nursing home – the deadliest blaze in 40 years in the state of Massachusetts.

A five-alarm fire tore through the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, about 50 miles south of Boston, on Sunday evening, sparking a desperate race against time to save the 70 residents trapped inside the inferno.

More than 50 firefighters responded to the nightmare blaze, which left nine dead and at least 30 others injured.

On Wednesday, a tenth victim, identified as 66-year-old Brenda Cropper, died from her injuries, according to NBC affiliate WCAU.

Cropper had been hospitalized in critical condition since the horrific fire on Sunday.

Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon praised the heroic efforts of first responders and said the fatality rate could have been “four to five times” greater.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that fire was destined to kill 50 plus people, and that the firefighters from Fall River, in conjunction with the police department and the EMS division, saved all those lives,” Bacon said in a press conference on Wednesday.

“Unfortunately, nine were not able to be saved. But that number should have been four to five times that.”

‘I AM GOING TO DIE IN HERE’

Eight of the nine other victims have since been identified as Rui Albernaz, 64, Ronald Codega, 61, Margaret Duddy, 69, Robert King, 78, Kim Mackin, 71, Richard Rochon, 78, Eleanor Willett, 86, and Joseph Wilansky, 77.

A 70-year-old woman, who has not been identified publicly, also died in the blaze, authorities said.

A woman described the traumatic phone call she received from her father, who was trapped in one of the facility’s bathrooms.

“He was on the floor talking to me, and I am crying telling him, ‘Break the window. Try to break it,’ because he is so weak, and he couldn’t break it,” the loved one, identified only as Melanie, told ABC affiliate WCVB-TV.

“I am like, ‘Where are you?’ and he was like, ‘I am in the bathroom,’ and I said open your window, and he said, ‘It is open, but they are not hearing me.’ They are not hearing me, Melanie. I am going to die in here.'”