Six people died in Canada because of abnormal heat

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In Canadian city of Montreal, July 2nd, during Day of Canada weekend because of the intense heat, six people died. This is reported by the television channel CTV News.

During national weekend the temperature in the city reached 35 ° above C. Because of the intense heat emergency services recorded an increase number of calls to the ambulance.

Due to the difficult climatic conditions, local authorities took emergency measures. In particular, the local residents were offered to be moved to cooler places.
Most of the victims of high temperature lived alone and suffered from chronic illnesses or mental problems. None of the dead had an air conditioner.
It is worth noting that since 2010 in Montreal because of the high summer temperatures 106 people have died.

Earlier «Journalist» reported that, due to anomalous heat, firefighters in Chicago had to cool the bridge.