Two ambulances and a paramedic along with a police officer responded to calls from concerned staff at Burscough's B&M Bargains yesterday afternoon after a customer collapsed in store.
He is thought to be in his sixties and was having trouble coping with the heat; the 999 teams spent ten minutes attending to him before standing down.
Along with many other large stores, B&M had deployed massive fans in store to try to keep everyone cool - they are not air conditioners and only blow the warm air around. Next door, Pets At Home had a better idea for our four legged friends...
Click here for two articles on how to cope with the heat, and how to cope with the heat is you're a hay fever sufferer: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy...n-hot-weather/
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-f...en-armageddon/