(CNN) — About 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at an air show in Colorado Springs and 10 were taken to hospitals Saturday, officials said, on a day when temperatures reached 90 degrees in the east-central Colorado city.
“The Colorado Springs Fire Department and the on-scene operations team worked quickly and efficiently to treat approximately 100 people” at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow on Saturday, the fire department said in a Saturday night Facebook post. “Approximately 10 people were transported to local hospitals, while others were treated and monitored by emergency personnel on scene.”
The Pikes Peak Regional Airshow is a two-day event held at the Colorado Springs Airport that supports local aviation museums. The first day of the event, this Saturday, ran from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to an online schedule.
The National Weather Service had issued a heat advisory for the area Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. By around 4 p.m., the temperature at the Colorado Springs airport had reached 33 degrees, just 2 degrees below the record for the day at that location set on Aug. 17, 1962, according to the weather service. The average high temperature at the airport on Aug. 17 is 28 degrees, according to the service.
In a post on Instagram Saturday afternoon, the air show said attendees should stay hydrated amid the heat and said there was a free water station near a medical station in the center of the grounds.
When reached for comment by CNN, the event organizer, Colorado Springs Sports Corporation Corp., responded with the statement the fire department had released.
