Most of the 54 Multnomah County residents who died from overheating during June’s record-breaking heatwave lived alone without access to air conditioning, according to a report released Tuesday by the county health department. The report adds a new level of detail to much of what the public was already told about the fatalities, while county officials continue work on a more in-depth investigation into the deaths and what agencies could have done to avoid them..
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