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“The thought of enduring late-summer heat without air-conditioning is grim. It’s typically a burden on the bank account. It’s often exhausting to coordinate repairs. And it can be life-threatening for people who are elderly or ill.

Fourteen out of 23 confirmed heat-associated deaths this year in Maricopa County have been indoors, according to a report from the county’s Department of Public Health. Last year, around 80 percent of indoor heat-associated deaths involved people who did not have functioning air-conditioning or did not have their units turned on. Some units were blowing hot air.”

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