Families trying to stay cool as heat wave hits Central California

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- People crossed the Valley are doing what they tin to enactment harmless during this vigor wave.

"Today was astir to beryllium 100 degrees," said Angelo Gonzales of Fresno. "So we were looking astatine nationalist splash areas and this is 1 of our closest ones that we went to."

On Saturday afternoon, families were retired astatine Fig Garden Loop Park successful Northwest Fresno, trying to enactment chill successful the shade.

Gonzales acceptable up his family's formation structure successful beforehand of the splash pad, truthful that they tin effort and bushed the heat. They besides brought with them different supplies.

"We bash person sunblock and we bash person a towel," said Gonzales. "Just to marque definite she stays bully adust and aft we instrumentality off. But definitel sunblock is simply a must."

It's a refreshing spot that Gonzales and his woman similar to instrumentality their girl Talia to, erstwhile the upwind gets hot. Gonzales said past summertime they would travel to the splash pad a fewer times a week.

For Talia it is simply a refreshing retreat.

"I similar the happening wherever you person to hold and the h2o drops connected your head," said Talia.

With triple digit temperatures expected implicit the adjacent fewer days, the Fresno Fire Department is expecting to get much calls for vigor related illness.

That's wherefore the bureau has this reminder.

"As folks are coming into the weekend, wanting to person a bully time, find ways to chill off, we privation to punctual everybody the value of staying hydrated," said Josh Sellers with the Fresno Fire Department. "Drink plentifulness of water. Also limiting the magnitude of clip that your outdoors."

First responders said it's besides important to cheque successful connected each different during these dangerously blistery days, particularly for those successful delicate groups.

"Our youngsters and our aged that possibly much susceptible to the perceive related injuries," said Sellers.

The City of Fresno besides acceptable up cooling centers for radical to get immoderate relief. If radical request to get to those cooling centers, FAX is offering escaped rides to the sites.

But aft a refreshing retreat astatine the splash pad, Gonzales said he's looking to instrumentality his household retired for milkshakes.

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