Alexandre Bompard, CEO of Carrefour, one of the main French supermarket chains, confirmed in a LinkedIn post that his company had donated four tons of ice to the city’s firefighters.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were the hottest days on record in French history and the extreme heat is expected to continue until Sunday. Temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius have been reported in the densely populated French capital.
On Thursday, the Paris mayor said the heat wave had led to an uptick in mortality rates, but did not provide figures. French Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said 25 cardiac arrests had been recorded in Paris over 24 hours, against an average of less than 10 on a normal day.