SUNNYSIDE, Wash.- UPDATE: 3:26 p.m.
Sunnyside Police have confirmed they are blocking off the Sunnyside Hospital area from Franklin Ave to East Edison Ave to continue decontamination efforts.
Officials are asking the public to avoid the area.
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Officials have asked the public to avoid the Sunnyside Hospital area.
According to the Sunnyside Police Department, construction workers arrived at the Sunnyside Hospital and reported radiation exposure from a construction site out of town. The hospital is decontaminating the emergency room and patients.
Police ask the public to divert from the hospital and avoid the area for safety.
