12th Hollywood nursing-home resident dies

A 12th resident at the Hollywood nursing home where residents sweltered to death after Hurricane Irma knocked out power to its air conditioning has died, the Sun Sentinel reported.

According to the paper, the Broward Medical Examiner’s office announced that Dolores Biamonte, 57, died Thursday night. Biamonte had the same symptoms as 11 other residents who died in the days after the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills lost power to its cooling system and portable air coolers failed to keep several residents from dying in the rising heat, the county said.

An autopsy will be performed today, the paper reported.

This breaking news story will be updated.

This story was originally published September 29, 2017 at 9:00 AM with the headline "12th Hollywood nursing-home resident dies."