Amid one of the most sweltering weeks of the summer, residents of Villas Las Naranjas — an apartment community at 1345 S. Kolb Road on Tucson’s southeast side — have endured over a week without air conditioning as record-breaking heat bears down.
Residents say the outage began July 31, with indoor temperatures climbing in the midst of Tucson’s oppressive, triple-digit summer heat. One tenant recounted returning home on Aug. 2 to a heartbreaking scene.
“Me coming back to my apartment and finding my dog dead is one of the worst moments in my life,” said Jaryd Thrasher, describing how his dog Mac had died, and the apartment was extremely hot. “You know, this is excruciating! If it’s bad for me, it’s definitely going to be bad for an animal who has fur on them.”…