Mounting pressure for an OSHA heat rule politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Union Gap Police Hoping For Tips to Solve Suspicious Fire
Union Gap Police investigators are hoping for tips from the public to help solve a suspicious house fire reported in Union Gap on Sunday that resulted in the deaths of two people. No identities have been released and no word from authorities on how they died. Autopsies have been performed by the Yakima County Coroners Office but the results have not been released because of the current investigation into the fire at a home in the 2200 block of South Fifth Avenue. Union Gap Police Chief Greg Cobb tells KIT News investigators are getting help from the Federal office of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms or ATF. The federal officials are working alongside investigators from the Union Police and Fire Departments. Cobb says they re being cautious
Health Officials Sound Alarm About Fentanyl Deaths
Yakima Health officials are sounding the alarm about drug overdoses in Yakima County as numbers are on the rise. The Yakima County Coroners office says 14 people have died of overdoses and a majority of the deaths are related to the drug fentanyl. They say increases in hospital visits because of overdoses in the valley have been reported over the last two months. The officials say the information from area hospitals show a majority of the overdoses have been the result of Blue Percocet 30 , oxycodone and fentanyl.
According to the Washington State Department of Health says overdose deaths increased last year by 38% in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019. The department says 835 overdose deaths in the first six months of 2020 compared to 607 deaths in the first half of 2019.
Health Officials Sound Alarm About Fentanyl Deaths 929thebull.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 929thebull.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.