Dozens of residents at Villas Las Naranjas on Tucson’s southeast side have suffered without air conditioning for nearly two weeks — a troubling ordeal amid triple-digit temperatures that has prompted city citations, mounting frustration and mounting risks to health and safety.
Management at the apartment complex, located at 1345 S. Kolb Road, acknowledged to KGUN-9 that it’s “doing everything in its power to get the chiller unit responsible for cooling the apartments back up and running.” Despite that assurance, many tenants report little relief.
“I asked for a follow up, you know; obviously, it’s the next day, and I haven’t heard anything yet,” said resident Jaryd Thrasher. “But I think that we need an answer at this point, and it’s not fair to us.”…