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August 3, 2006

City heat prompts many to call for medical help

PROVIDENCE – More than a dozen people in the city have needed assistance from fire rescue crews for heat-related illness since Tuesday.

None of the runs have been very serious. Most have been elderly people feeling weak and dizzy from the heat, according to James Taylor, chief of communications for the fire department.

Tuesday and Wednesday, crews responded to 12 calls. By late morning today, they had responded to two or three more, Taylor said.

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