Health & Fitness

9 Dead In 3 Weeks From Heat-Related Illness In Tarrant County

A release sent by the Tarrant County medical examiner said the summer monitoring time frame for heat-related deaths began on May 1, 2022.

July 29, 2022

Nine people who died in Tarrant County from heat-related illness in the last three weeks didn't have working air conditioners.

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A release sent by the Tarrant County medical examiner said the summer monitoring time frame for heat-related deaths began on May 1, 2022.

Health officials released the number of deaths by hyperthermia on July 29, the same day commissioners are voting on a $180,000 grant. That money would go to Meals On Wheels to buy window AC units for disabled, elderly and low/fixed income people.

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