Residents of a South Minneapolis apartment building say they’ve been without heat for weeks as a bitter blast of winter weather continues.
Charlie Tirey, one of the tenants, shared a temperature reading of 46.8 degrees inside his unit. He said he is frustrated that the problem hasn’t been resolved yet after property managers notified residents that a new boiler needs to be installed.
“It’s nightmarish. I went walking through the halls, knocking on doors, talking to tenants so we could send a collective email. And some of the experiences were quite sad,” Tirey told WCCO in an interview. “I had to discourage someone who was using their oven to heat the apartment. That is a fire danger, but she was so cold that she was doing anything in her power to make it livable.”…