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SOUTH COSTA BLANCA EDITION
January 2015
Friday July 31 - Thursday August 6 2015
Issue 824
Friday, Read Marchyour 27 English - Wednesday, Aprilonline 1 2015 Issue 806 newspaper at www.roundtownnews.com
Chris Froome and La Vuelta
Heatwave claims three lives by Keith Nicol
CHRIS FROOME became the first Briton to win the Tour de France twice and has not ruled out coming to Spain next month to mount an assault on La Vuelta. Read the full story on page 21.
IN JULY three people have died from heatstroke in Torrevieja and Valencia and to date the region now has witnessed seven fatalities through heat related illness since last May. Valencia also recorded the warmest night since 1938 last week with more high temperatures forecast this weekend. The latest victim was a 47 year old man who died on Tuesday from heatstroke after being admitted to the hospital of Torrevieja. He arrived in an unconscious state, with a temperature of 41.3 degrees, according to the Department of Universal and Public Health. However, he was not the only fatality caused by the high temperatures over the past few days as in Valencia, two men, a 46 year old and a 75 year old died this week from hyperthermia, ie: body temperatures above 39.5C. The 47 year old was the passenger in a van and a call to emergency services on 112 was made immediately after he suffered a blackout. The SAMU team found him to be suffering from cardiac arrest and took him to Emergency, where CPR was continued without reviving him. The patient was admitted with a temperature of 41.3 degrees Celsius and in a coma.
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