Three more people who died in Oregon in recent days are likely the victims of excessive heat, bringing the number of suspected heat-related deaths to 16.AP
Three more people who died in Oregon in recent days are likely the victims of excessive heat, bringing the number of suspected heat-related deaths during this month’s record-setting high temperatures to 16 across seven counties, the state medical examiner said Friday.
The latest deaths to be reported are a 74-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man who died in Douglas County and a 62-year-old man who died in Southwest Portland, according to the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office.
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