Overview

• A 35-year-old man from Sierra Leone suffered a fatal heart attack after waiting over 45 minutes in a parked car exposed to more than 40 °C in Otranto
• His three-year-old daughter was hospitalized with early signs of dehydration following prolonged heat exposure in the vehicle
• The death brings Puglia’s heat-related fatalities to six in 48 hours across Lecce and Brindisi provinces
• A postal worker in Taranto collapsed from heat stress and was hospitalized after delivering mail under midday temperatures
• Regional and municipal ordinances forbid outdoor work between 12:30 and 16:00 during heat alerts but unions say these rules are not being observed