VIDEO: Five deaths in Spokane County may be heat-related amid a historic heat wave that is slamming the Northwest, bringing record-breaking temperatures to Spokane and surrounding areas. The Spokane County Medical Examiner wrote on its website on Thursday morning that there are five deaths "wherein circumstances suggest they may be heat-related, although autopsy results are not yet available to confirm." The medical examiner's office released this information after multiple media outlets requested information regarding deaths that may be heat-related. Two deaths that may be heat-related were reported at a Spokane apartment building on Wednesday morning, according to City of Spokane spokesperson Brian Coddington.