The 600 block of swede street in norristown. Theyve vac waited all of the people here but it was done in dramatic fashion. Look at this video that we captured earlier this morning. Some of these rescues were the on the higher floors. Within man was seen waving from the window. Fire fighters had to take him down by ladder. Another woman standing on the outside of the fourth story balcony. So a scary situation for many people here and many people in this neighborhood, some neighboring apartments had to be evacuated as well take a listen. Im worried about my cat, my cell even if charger and everything that we own, you know, you dont know what to do. They say get out of your house, you just go. They told me to grab something i grabbed my purse and my medication, that is it. I didnt know what to do. Reporter back out here live on the scene the scene is still very active. We dont have a whole lieutenant of information about people injured this morning. We do know multiple people were taken to the hospital for injuries but we dont know the exact number. We dont know the the severity have of those injuries. That is all still developing at this time. Fire fighters of course still remaining on the scene. We will see them going in and out of the building here once everything is under control this fire is extinguished and cause investigation will pick up from that. We are still waiting to hear from the fire chief this morning that just checked in there is a command post down the street and it was on a Conference Call at last check. We will bring you latest as soon as we have it, back to you in the studio. Thanks very much. Team three coverage continues with justin finch in Norristown Area High School where red cross is taking care of the evacuees, justin. Reporter good morning. Yes. We spoke to red cross officials who tell thaws 24 people are being hosted in the gym in Norristown High School. We were told they have no other place to go. You can perhaps see red cross trailer set up in the parking lot down there. There is second subpoena for evacuee is here in the gym. Lets go to video they were first taken to buses on the scene of that fire. At that fire they were put into those buses, kept warm and check out for any injuries they may have suffered. Meantime at the high school red cross volunteers set up cots blankets and other necessities in the gym here. Assisting those two dozen people or so there are currently here at the gym they are bracing for many more who had frantically escaped that fire this morning. Were setting up a shelter for displaced families and were providing spiritual care, health care as well as food, and shelter. Literally as we speak were putting it up and getting the shelter ready. And back out live i can tell you there are ten volunteers who are now in there assisting those people in need at this hour among them are medical volunteers. Were told many people brought here this morning have special need also, prescriptions that they may have left in that fire and need at this time. They are also trauma volunteers on hand to assist those evacuees this morning. We are live from Norristown High School justin finch for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Justin, thank you for that. Lets head to the sky deck and compared to yesterday, warmer or cooler what do you think. It is still cold, it is still february after all. While it may not be as harsh you cannot run around in the shorts and tshirt on a day like this. You will not be hugging the heavy coat quite as tightly as yesterday. Meanwhile we have light round have of snow folks. Bark is worse than the bite. It looks like a widespread swath but a lot of this is not hitting the ground but you will see a flurry or snow shower in a couple spots. In our live Neighborhood Network our temperatures in the 20s. The that is typical for standard. We are looking ahead to a fresh round of additional snow tomorrow morning and specifically through the morning drive we could be looking at a coating to an inch or two specifically looking for up to 2 inches you have to go far north and west. This will be a modest system more than anything else for our area coming tomorrow, today, other than just a quick flurry or snow shower we are just expecting a partly sunny day and temperatures have a chance to moderate to much more seasonal territory. Vittoria, back inside to you. Good morning everyone. Traveling out and about, katie was saying with the weather because it is so cold out there you could still find black ice on the roadways so take it easy, in and around the neighborhood or highways and by ways. Taking a look at 42 freeway, traveling in new jersey in problems in either direction. That is good news. Traveling on the 42 making your way north bound approaching walt whitman bridge or southbound down toward 55 this shot at creek road is indicating great news but black ice could potentially be out there. So we caution to you take it easier this morning. As we move to 476 not too far from ridge pike, again free, and clear. Road are easy breezy right the now traveling the majors however in the norristown area, jan carabao doing that great job covering the live Apartment Fire we are experiencing in that area. There are many closures. Traveling around that area, dekalb markly, main street is your best bet. Mass transit is in the clear ukee. We are following breaking news out of taiwan this morning where a plane crash has killed more than a dozen people. Part of the incident was captured on camera. Eyewitness News ReporterNicole Brewer joins us to show it to you. Reporter video is incredible. The lets play it out for you. You can see rescuers on the scene are working to pull survivors from that wreckage partially submerged in the taipei river. The aftermath of the crash caught on dash cam video. Here you can aircraft wings grazed an overpass and hit a taxi a all before plunging in the river. Amaze leg that taxi driver survived that crash. Same unfortunately cannot be said for 15 of the 58 people than board that trans asia flight. A at this hour dozens of passengers are still missing. Most of people on board were chinese tourist. There is no official cause or it has in the been released but we can tell you that the black becomeses have have been recovered. That should help answer some questions. We will stay on top of this breaking news, for now, back to you at the desk. Nicole, thank you. Developing right now seven people are dead and a dozen more injured after a commute your train slams in the suv in new york. Collision set off an explosion and fire. Picture taken show passengers scrambling to escape those flames as their commute home is cut tragically short. Don champion joins us live in new york with the very latest details for us don good morning. Reporter good morning,er contact over my shoulder you can see buses have been brought into give fire crews privacy as they go in and out of the train at this happened. This accident happened when an suv got stuck between two Railroad Crossing gates that came down. Witnesses say the driver, a woman, got out and then jump back in. That is when the collision happened sparking the fifer that consume the first car of the train. More than an hour after the deadly collision smoke still billowed from the front car of the metro north train heading to suburban new york from the heart of the manhattan at rush hour tuesday opening the train never made it to its destination. Investigators say it crash in the Jeep Cherokee stopped under the gates triggering an explosion and a fire. Third rail of the track came up from the explosion and went right through the the the car. Reporter hundreds of commuters were on board at the time. When i heard the extent of the damage to the first car and i saw that it had burned completely i could not imagine how many people were in there that lost their lives. Reporter others escape chart front cars of the train by jumping to the the snow below. You get out of the train, it is freezing cold out and then you realize how lucky you are. Reporter investigators can be seen going in and out of the train. Service where the accident happen has been suspended. Metro north is the nations second largest Commuter Rail line and serves close to 300,000 riders in new york and connecticut a day. Shuttle buses will be used to transport commuters in the area. When things will get back to normal on the harlem line, i cannot say. Reporter tuesdays accident is most deadly in the railroads history. And, of the 12 passengers injured we are told that ten are being treated for serious injuries. Meantime ntsb is preparing to head to the scene to help with the investigation. Were told, go team should be leaving washington d. C. This morning around 7 30, erika, back to you. Don champion for us in new york thanks very much. Right now 5 09. We are following several breaking stories including flames shooting out of the norristown apartment overnight. We have just learned that one person has died we will have an update when we come back. Also this. It was crazy. I was just kind of in shock . Plus a disaster narrowly avoided when a bullet flies in the sleeping boys bedroom hear what he says about the very close call. And another brutal execution by isis has a pilot is burn a alive this time there is a Swift Response to the execution. Katie has her eye on more snow this week. 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Also breaking, frightening cell phone video shows an air liner crashing a across a highway in taipei taiwan. Plane crashed in the river at least 15 people were killed with that death toll expected to rise. Developing story right now, driver of the suv and six people on a commuter train were kill in the fiery collision in the town of valhalla, north of new york city is i. The National Transportation safety board is investigating. 5 13 right now. Katie, you were mentioning some snow today. We are finding on it there nothing major. The just a couple flurries or snow showers nothing that has a chance to accumulate. Tomorrow we will see our next round of accumulation coming in. You can see that modest round of snowy mentioned. It just isnt much. We are talking about a few flurries. This is just on the southern most edge have of, we will call it the a disturbance. It is an area of low pressure. As we zoom out further here we will fine another round of snow over nebraska. This will be the next frontal bun dry that crosses our area coming up late tonight tomorrow morning. Timing is less than ideal but as we look a head here 4 00 p. M. Today. The front i just mentioned and another off to the south. Now earlier in the week it appeared they might come together and create next big noreaster. This particular model has those pieces coming together but after it moved out to sea which is good news and it means we will be looking at modest totals out of this ourselves. At most coat to go an inch expect but timing is less than eye dealing generally falling through morning rush and back in the freeze again for friday with more clouds. Sunday we are looking at rain and snow showers, off and on at anytime, vittoria. Good morning, everyone. Still looking great out there as a traffic reporter these are mornings we like to see because you can breathe a sigh of relief. Ninetyfive looking beautiful around the area of the Philadelphia International the airport. You are good at the the airport too. Nothing major there. Lots of good news in and around this area and delaware county, south philadelphia, northeast philadelphia, center city, bucks county, i95 the entire corridor moving well. In moving to the roosevelt boulevard also no delays in either direction and when the boulevard continues throughout route one and bucks county we have good news around neshaminy use, Oxford Valley trenton, again great, great speed sensors. It is not only in pennsylvania, it is in new jersey delaware we have good news, mass transit is also in the the clear erika. Thanks, vittoria. Jordan has executed two al qaeda prisoners after isis murdered a fighter pilot. Jordans flooded the street to protest the killing of moaz alkasasbeh, they showed video of him being burn alive confine in the cage. Moaz alkasasbeh was captured during a u. S. Led bombing run on isis target in syria. President obama says Coalition Forces are determine to defeat isis. 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Carter goes before the Senate Arms Services committee and he is expect to get senate approval. 5 19. Time to check your philadelphia jobs Market Report and cbs News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger. Reporter professionals in the social Services Industry describe their careers less of a job and more of as calling through which they can positively impact someones life. Field encompasses counseling, social worker and psychology. Many require advanced degrees but before you commit a large amount of time and money pursuing a doctorate or masters there are other options. The bureau of labor statistics say that employment for social and Human Service assistants is project to grow by 22 percent through 2022, that is much faster than average for all occupations. These assistants work under the supervision have of social workers and psychologist providing support to families the elderly and others in need. To search for a job in these related fields in philadelphia, start by checking out job posting at top hospitals. Including Jefferson University hospital and hospipitals dot jefferson dot edu. Also visit the pennsylvania career link web site for additional employment opportunities. Im Jill Schlesinger for cbs3 eyewitness lets get traffic and weather together, good morning. Good morning, erika. We have a day that will be a little harsh, but there is a little activity on the radar we have to address and it is southern most branch of the disturbance well off to the north. You might see a flurry might see a snow shower nothing that will accumulate but we have to talk about tomorrow in terms of the next we wont call it a big thing but next round of snow accumulating a and that happens about this time tomorrow, were talking throughout the morning rush. Coat to go an inch for mess but if you go to the Lehigh Valley poconos and out toward berks county you might find 2 inches that way. 25 degrees is current temperature at the airport. Chilly but not as harsh as yesterday. That sets us up to climb into more seasonal territory. We are calling for a partly sunny day here despite these morning flurries we are fining. Testimony light snow moves through in the morning and by friday chillies back in action and that will get you in the upper 20s, vittoria. Good morning everyone. Still good news on the majors. Lets get outside and give you the details, shall we. Looking at ben franklin bridge in delays in either direction heading in to pennsylvania, or new jersey. Bridges are wide opened. It is not the just ben, betsy, tacony but it is delaware memorial, it is every bridge you can think of. We have good news. Great way to start your morning. The as we move 202, not too far from the 30 bypass satibon and north bound commuting is a breeze. Speed sensors are just indicating good news high in the 50s. Pennsylvania, new jersey delaware, again, good news out there. However traveling in norristown very serious Apartment Fire that has been ongoing for quite sometime affecting swede and marshall on the 600 block. If you are traveling in this area we have many closures. Your best alternate within to take dekalb markly or main street. I would avoid that activity if you can this morning, ukee. Vittoria, thank you. A class act right here coach herb magee will try for career win 1,000 again saturday. Legendary coach and his Philadelphia University rams came up a basket short last night. Herbs rams playing wilmington you in a sold out gallagher center. Herb spent his entire career at philly university, formerly men as philadelphia textiles. They have time for one more play but nick swish ares three ball off the mark. They win 7270. If that goes in im the happiest man in the world. A, because we won. B, this is over. Im in the used to all this be in asked me any questions after the game except where are you going herb. This is tough. It is tough on the kids too. Good game last night. Sixers and nuggets last night home coming for pride of chester jameer nilsson. Former saint guess hawk in soul fit a as randy foy. Sixers spoiled home coming thanks to the great night from thomas accounts who chipped in a career high 23 and sixers won their Third Straight home game 10598. They were up by 28 at within point. This he have to learn to keep pressure on. We continue to build. Sixers play celtics in boston friday night. Erika. Coming up next on Eyewitness News we are continuing to follow several breaking stories including this deadly fire at a norristown apartment building. Several other people are hurt our jan carabao just got an update with Fire Fighters and we will check with her coming up next. 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The red cross is assisting it does epps of people displaced, eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao is on the scene in norristown to tell us all bit, jan. Reporter ukee ape erika, a lot of new you information to pass along to you this morning. We were were just able to speak to the fire chief on the scene and he has confirm there has been one death as a result of this overnight fire. There have been three other injuries, three other people taken to the hospital, one with smoke inhalation and another a fire fighter with a cut to his hand as he was going through this building to make sure everyone was out. Here you can see dozens of Fire Fighters remaining on the scene. The fire is under control but in the out. Hot spots continue to flare up throughout the morning. The latest was the on the back side of the building. We cannot see flames right now, just some smoke. But if we look at video shot earlier this morning you can see how big this fire was. We are told this fire broke out here in the six hup block of swede street in norristown around 1 00 this morning. It quickly grew to four alarms. Dozens had had to get in here and get everyone evacuated. This is the north apartment here in norristown. There are 23 units here, a lot of people inside. There were dozens of rescues. Take a look at this video we have capture a couple of those rescues on video. One man was waving his happened from the upper floors, trying to get help to get