{"id":813754,"date":"2026-05-22T04:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/813754\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T04:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:12:15","slug":"residents-of-philadelphia-apartment-in-disbelief-after-woman-dies-of-heat-related-illness-i-am-sick-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/813754\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents of Philadelphia apartment in disbelief after woman dies of heat-related illness: “I am sick about it”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of the Park Terrace Apartments in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg neighborhood<\/a> said they’re in disbelief after learning their neighbor’s death was heat-related<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The medical examiner’s office identified the woman as Mona Toole.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Fire Department said they found Toole unresponsive Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Residents say they have been living without air-conditioning, and the recent heat wave created unbearable conditions inside.<\/p>\n

“I am sick about it,” Mary Laughlin, a resident at the apartments, said. “If the air was on, Mona would still be alive.”<\/p>\n

“I can take heat, but that was just beyond \u2014 I couldn’t even breathe up there,” said Lorrie Reilly, who also lives in the complex.<\/p>\n

One apartment clocked at 98 degrees, and residents said they feared something bad would happen.<\/p>\n

“We suspected it,” Reilly said. “We were hoping it wasn’t the case. You don’t want to lose anybody anyway, but especially not this when it could have been avoided.”<\/p>\n

At last check, the air has not been fixed. Residents said it’s cool now, but they are worried when it heats back up again.<\/p>\n

“Summer’s just around the corner and what are we going to do then if it’s not on?” Reilly said.<\/p>\n

Residents said they are worried about each other and said since Toole’s death, it hasn’t been the same.<\/p>\n

“As I was walking through the halls tonight. just getting home from work, it’s very somber,” Reilly said.<\/p>\n

Residents said their hearts go out to Toole’s family.<\/p>\n

CBS News Philadelphia reached out to the apartments management company based in Lakewood for comment on both the extreme heat and Toole’s death, but we have not heard back.<\/p>\n

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