WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — An investigator says a malfunctioning air conditioner at a Massachusetts kennel has caused nine dogs to die from heat stress.

Westfield animal control officer Kenneth Frazer tells Springfield’s The Republican newspaper (http://bit.ly/Mrftzc) the deaths were “a tragic accident.”

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