Philly apartment residents in disbelief after woman dies of heat-related illness
Residents of the Park Terrace Apartments in Holmesburg said they're in disbelief after learning their neighbor's death was heat-related.
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Residents of the Park Terrace Apartments in Holmesburg said they're in disbelief after learning their neighbor's death was heat-related.
Residents say they have been living without air-conditioning at the Park Terrace Apartments, and the recent heat wave created unbearable conditions inside.
The death came one day after CBS News Philadelphia reported from inside the apartment building, where residents described temperatures approaching 100 degrees inside some units.
A resident was found dead Wednesday inside a Holmesburg apartment building where tenants say they have been enduring dangerous heat without air conditioning during this week's record-breaking temperatures.
Residents of the Park Terrace Apartments in Philadelphia's Holmesburg neighborhood say the air conditioning is broken, making for unbearable heat in their homes.
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