Prosecutors say there was enough fentanyl found in a Southern California apartment where a chemistry professor died of an overdose last Friday to kill nearly the entire city of San Diego.

Five pounds of fentanyl and fentanyl derivatives were seized from the University City apartment by DEA Narcotics Task Force agents.

Agents also found evidence of a pill press operation, including powders, liquids, dyes and other drugs, according to prosecutors.

The DEA first estimated the amount of fentanyl seized equated to more than 226,000 lethal doses, but on Wednesday Deputy District Attorney Jorge Del Portillo said there was enough fentanyl product in the apartment to kill 1.5 million people.

Fentanyl is 80 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to the DEA. Carfentanyl, a fentanyl a

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