Heatwave which caused six deaths on the way out
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 @ 12:23 AM
A HEATWAVE sweeping the country and forcing temperatures into the mid-40s is about to end, but has already caused six deaths – two each in the provinces of Tarragona and Murcia and one each in those of Barcelona and Cáceres (Extremadura).
Additionally, the death of a 40-year-old German man walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail is being investigated and may have been the result of extreme temperatures.
A man was found unconscious on Thursday in Constantí, Tarragona, near the Centcelles Roman heritage site and died two days later in the Joan XXIII Hospital, whilst on Saturday a 60-year-old man was also admitted and passed away later that evening – both from heatstroke.
Both may have been homeless and neither had any ID, so police are trying to identify them.
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