Two people died while working outdoors, the medical examiner’s office said, and two others did not have working AC.
heat-related illnessesTwo people died without working air conditioning, and two others died as a result of working outdoors.
Three of the victims were in their 70s, and all four hyperthermia deaths occurred in July.According to the office’s online records, Robert Robinson, 74, died July 3 at a Fort Worth senior-living home. He was without working AC, the medical examiner’s office said.
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