Near 1520 locust street where witnesses described two explosions that blew off a manhole cover into the street and creating small fire according to witnesses. One man standing nearby said he heard a series of explosions. Well hear from him in a second. The fire daement is on the scene and they evacuated five employees near the explosion point. They were taken out as a precaution. It disrupted workout classes at fly wheel gym across the street them. Were evacuated too. Heres how people in the area described what happened. Right after the explosions happened everyone started running. You could see the fire. You could see smoke. It was they started clearing the area right away. We evacuated buildings here and here we are now. All of a sudden we were in the middle of the fly wheel we had to get off bikes and evacuate there was an sxlongs. Its the first ive been here all week i was upset. When i came in a saw a lot of plaque smoke coming out. We didnt know what it was. And i guess they checked at some point thats all i know. Reporter back live now, fire commissioner derrek sawyer tells us there was high levels of Carbon Monoxide detected in the area and theyre monitoring that. Peco crews are on the scene. They say it may become necessary to cut power to the buildings here while they assess the situation. The fire commissioner says its uncleared what caused the explosion. Its possible ice melt coming into contact with underground electricity could have been the cause but they dont know at this point. Theres no damage to the buildings in the area and no one was injured. Thats good news. Manhole covers weigh between 250 and 3000 pounds and imagine the damage they could do if they went up in the air and landed on somebody. Thats the latest from near, nora muchanic, live on the action cam in center city. Thank you nora. The big story on action news is drastic change in weather. The bitter cold is making a come back. All that slush and snow out there could be freezing up. Lets find out what we can expect. Meteorologist Melissa Magee is over at the big board. Melissa. Sarah walter, we had a nice reprieve from arctic dhil as of late. The second half of the weekend friday, you remember the chilly high. Coming in, in the teens 18 degrees. Saturday High Temperature 34 with 4. 8 of snowfall in philadelphia 00 a. M. Today 45. One degree shy of average for us this time of year. So when you look at 24hour temperature change across the region it feels 15 warmer in the city than this same time yesterday. 15 warmer as well in poconos. Feels 13 degrees warmer than 24 hours agog in lancaster and 16 degrees warmner trenton. As we look at temperatures. Future tracker 6 showing you i hope you had a chance to enjoy mild conditions overhead today. As we go throughout the overnight hours. Once again numbers along the 95 corridor slip below the freezing mark. 2 in the city. 26 reading and 31 for overnight low in Atlantic City. So talk about what we can expect the rest of tonight and during the overnight hours. Were watching wet and slushy roads and as we were saying any wet conditions on surfaces will refreeze and watching out for black ice during the overnight hours. Unfortunately arctic air is making a come back for the start of the workweek and wind chills in the morning will be in single digit. Well take a closer look in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast sarah. With those cold temperatures on the way. Many people spent the day making sure walkways and sidewalks were cleared of the snow, ice and slush. Action News ReporterAnnie Mccormick has that story. Sunday morning started out covered in ice. Workers chipped away at sidewalks along ridge avenue and roxboro as plows sheard ice from major roadways. On kelly drive this driver did not realize quite how slick the road became overnight. Luckily he was okay. It didnt seem at bad for most of the drixt i was taking it slow in case. And i guess i just hydroplaned. This is ridiculous too much ice way too much icy was not expecting that much ice. In north philadelphia getting out the door required more than a sciper. Folks used garden equipment to break the ice before shoveling. Cameron moses worked hard to clear his auntss walkway. Brutal. Midday the sun made appearance. Temperatures rose and ice began to melt. Many are working against the clock to clear sidewalks and drive ways and dont want to wait until temperatures plunge again. We came from my dads house in merion. Were trying to dot family thing and help everybody out. John broingen wept out house to house and helped people out. Very slippery and heavy. The lower back will pay later today. Paddles and dirty slush pushed up on sidewalks and replaced snowcovered roads. That is the mixture emily stuart needed to create snow sculptures like the dragon. Snow sculptures like when you can back it together. You can get detail it sticks. Its like clay. Annie mccormick channel 6 action news. The snow, ice and brutal cold this season, be sure to stay on top of it all with 6abc. Com weather. The hourly forecast and live stormtracker 6 radar will keep you prepared no matter what winter sends our way. Meanwhile it was a real mess today in city seed area brook section when a water main broke. It happened fayet street and was worth avenue and 60 homes left without water and repairs continue this evening and expected to wrap things up by tonight. Three people were injured during an accident on Lancaster Pike in greenville, delaware. Icy conditions likely played a role. A mini van and pickup truck collided here after 7. Injured were type christianne hospital for treatment. No serious injuries were reported though. Authorities want to know who set fire in a Chaney University dorm today. The fire broke out in the 5th floor room tubman hall 6 30 a. M. The student who lived there was not home at the time. The Sprinkler System knocked down the bulk of flames. And a University Police officer suffered chest flames and smoke inhalation and trying to extinguish the blaze with fire exchanger. Hundreds at penn state are likely deserving a well rest that is because tvrments hon 2015 dime a close. 46 hours of dancing wrapped up as organizers announced how much participants raised this year. Ken is live in the Satellite Center with final tally kenneth. Sarah walter, yes, hundreds of dancer were on that dance floor. Tens of thousands of people in the Penn State Community helped with this amazing effort. And that reveal for thon 0 15 total was a year in making. And the total forthon 2015. There it is. 30,26,653. 23 in the fight against pediatric cancer. 13,026, 653. 26. It was a reveal for a big cause to cap off a yearlong philanthropic effort led by these students. That 4 hour no sitting just standing dance marathon started friday we were there to meet families like the wagners whose daughter britney is battling lymphatic cancer. Its so great what theyre doing and i will love them all so much. And we were proud to showcase the penn stateers from our area standing for young and courageous fighters. Its surreal. When you think about what thon is and what the organization does. Their hard work sweat, tears raised money for four diamond fund at penn state hurry to help family and patients. We heard from brandons mother. Cancer took the little boys life in 2008. You do not have to do what do you standing 46 hours and spending countless hours and so much more to make thon what it is so people like me can take care of our children without worrying about bills. And it was that celebration of life and giving back that filled the Bryce Jordan Center once again. That more than 13 Million Dollars all for the kids. Ftk there for the kids. Lets talk about numbers. This was 43rd year forthon. Students raised a total of more thanp 127 million. Last year they broke fundraising record and almost did it again this year. Its safe to say 13 million is a very impressive feat walter. Way to go pen statement reporting live in the Satellite Center, kenneth moton, channel 6 action news. Talk about making a difference. Good stuvrks kenneth thank you . Over in bucks county a allday soccer tournament was held to honor a local student killed in a car crash. Athletes took narcotic these games to raise money in Scholarship Fund in the name of ryan lesher. He was avid associating player and one of three students killed last august when a car driven by 15yearold friend crashed in the poconos. Tonight is, of course hollywoods biggest night. The oscars. The city of philadelphia is getting in on the fun as well. Lets get a look at the red carpet gala lows Philadelphia Hotel on Market Street and where our will well and shirleen alicott are greeting guests and giving them red carpet treatment. Hundreds are expected to show up for this event to watch the ceremony on several big screens. It represents volunteers of america of the delaware valley. The excitement is building for the 87th annual kos aries kicks off within the hour. Were looking at a live picture of the red carpet. Darn dalton shows up with amazing announcement about his health. Jeff skversky has the story from clearwater when action news tt2wut3n a4 bt qe tt2wut3n a4 a qul tt2wut3n a4 bm qigl tt4wut3n a4 dztq g 4 tt4wut3n a4 entq 7 t tt4wut3n a4 gzt. , tt4wut3n a4 hnt tt4wut3n a4 iztq to8 tt4wut3n a4 jntq f . X tt4wut3n a4 lzt ir vo at jennieo, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. We thought wed show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennieo ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. mom id feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. woman i think that theyre light and theyre just fresh tasting. vo its time for a better taco. kid the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. vo make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey at a store near you. Snrch here we two tonight hollywoods biggest night, 87th annual oscars. All the stars are out and the competition is the fashion as well as oscar. Alicia vitareli is here with more now. Walter, sarah, the red carpet is officially open for business. Its hollywoods biggest night. Not a drop in the sky right now here in los angeles. Of course the rain tarps are up just in case. Theres showers in the forecast. Security sweeps have been performed, stars just starting to arrive. They should make their way down the red carpet momentarily. Media outlets around the blobe are here and fans too you can see they have a great front row seat. Theyll shout and extreme for their favorite stars. Local celebrities Bradley CooperThird Straight oscar nomination up for best actor for nrol american sniper hoping to speak to him on the red carpet. Well be here interviewing the stars. Catch those intd views along with recap of holly woods biggest night coming up after the big show. And of course, you can follow us and all of our oscar adventures on social media using 6abcoscars. Alicia vitareli, channel 6 action news. Thank you alicia. Get ready for oscars with watch abc. Download watch abc app or go to watch abc. Com and see behind the scene videos from on stage and back stage and if verified tv provider you can twavrp live on web site or app. More information about watch abc is on 6abc. Com okay, jamie apody has a check on sports and it seems like theyre trying to clearp a lot of misunderstanding in florida. Theyre two of the hardest wordsed to say, ask my husband im sorry. Ah. Im just kidding. Rub and marrow junior called him in and apologized for going public with his thoughts that the team would be better off without the highpaid slugger. Howard must report to clearwater tomorrow. Today a former philly slugger showed up with great news. Heres jeff skversky. The fight the phillies have as a team to be competitive this season pales in comparison to the fight dar darn dalton has been fighting good news, hes currently cancer free. Theres all the love in the world at spring training for darn dalton. Former philly catcher is a happy camper now and feels lucky to be alive. In 201 he had surgery to remove two brain tumors and after chemotherapy and radiation a scan last weeks shows hes currently cancer free. When the doctor walks in and opens his door and we start smiling then everything cool. Mike schmidt knows that feeling, too. The hall of fame third baseman battled melanoma skin cancer and he reveals it spread to his lungs and brain. Fortunately like his former teammate, hes also currently cancer free. Darren went through quite a bit more than di on the brain side. Here he is now. I know this guy very well, okay, he has the same thing that i have. Not quite brother not quite. Youre much more of a warrior than me. How great is it to see him out here smiling. Fantastic. Fantastic. He should put that on the air in philadelphia. I know how much the whole city and all of us love darren built you know thats inspirational to anyone that might be in that same boat. Dalton jokes he feels so good right now he wants to pick up a bat out here and play for the phillies again. Does anyone want a threeyear contract right now . With big money . He was money when he lead the 19193 team to the world series. Dalton will continue to get scans and tests to make sure he stays cancer free. With the phillies in clearwater, jeff skversky, channel 6 action news. What a great story. That is so good for dutch. After beating as many as 13 point out of the nroy wrovs spots the flyers are make a push today. Young fans looking on and helping them out. Because they need all the help they can get. They didnt play the young fans. Claude giroux, scored first goal in twelve games against caps. 10 lead. Wayne simmonds continuing his scoring streak. 13 power play goal made it 20. Caps come back to tie it to 2. Flyers xleep complete a backtoback sweep of two of the leagues best. That win put him within two of boston. Boston crushed chicago 62. Theyre back four points back of playoff spot. Were back in the race now and obviously tonight well be watching our tv and see the other teams through but we have pretty happy how were tlai playing now as a team. Sixers anticipates magic got underway in orlando. College hoops not a happen we camper today. He cannot bear to watch as his team is leading the entire game blew a late lead and fell to st. Louis in over time. 6864. Its becoming a trend with local teams. Final lap of jeff gordon final daytona 500 and he would get all tangled up. Thats not how you want to go up out. That clears the way for joe a lagano to whip his first victory. Second youngest ever to win super bowl and. Great news about dalton thats phenomenal. Love to see a great story like that. Up next, a big drop in temperatures could mean big problems for all the slush out there. Meteorologist Melissa Magee has the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast when action news comes right we thought our cable internet was fast. But, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really halffast. So halffast. Someone did a halffast job posting our vacation pics. When i post my slow jams, im a little half fast totally half fast stop living with half fast internet. Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch uploads as fast as downloads. And the fastest wifi available from any provider. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v melissa here now with accuweather. Concerns about refreezing in the overnight hours. Thats right temperatures dropping below freezing tonight and during the overnight hours. Slush will refreeze and black ice is a concern. Well show you what is going on. Stromtracker double scan radar dry, no issues with precipitation. We get a break today. Well show you the picture outside. Clouds early today. Clouds broke for sunshine and you can see runners there along kelly drive and a lot of snow on the ground as well. So, as we were saying any of those wet roads and untreated surfaces will refreeze later tonight because temperatures will drop below freezing. Well above the freezing mark today in philadelphia. The High Temperature 45. 44 millville for high. 43 wilmington and Atlantic City 4 44 and 42 for High Temperature in pottstown. Numbers are good 15 warmner city than they were the same time yesterday. 41 philadelphia, 37 allentown and 31 poconos and upper 30s wilmington and dover and beach haven coming in at 3 4 heres satellite 6 and action radar. You can see its queue eight cross the region. Theres president ial frontal boundary that moved through and had snow, sleet, ice and rain exit stage east. Its mostly cloudy. It will turn colder as you get winds out of the northwest. Heres setup for monday. Once again back in the freezer. Hopefully you had a chance to enjoy the outdoors today. This arctic boundary this to the south and east and the High Temperature tomorrow in philadelphia 24 Degrees Turning sharply colder and northwesterly winds gusting anywhere from 20 to 30 miles an hour. It will feel colder as the day wears on. And in fact theres a wind chill advisory that goes up during the overnight hours for carbon an monroe counties mainly for the poconos. Early tomorrow morning for the regions you can find wind chills 15 to 0 below average. Future tracker 6 showing you as we go throughout the Morning Hours 8 00 in the morning you can see winds chills in Single Digits north and west and lower teen as lon the 95 corridor as we get into the afternoon hours and low teens still here in the city and Single Digits for allentown and low zero in the poconos and not much recovery by 6 00 in the evening it will feel like 4 degrees here in philadelphia. And so the call from accuweather the rest of tonight turning colder, watch for black ice. Well drop down to 23 degrees in philadelphia and 17 in the suburbs and those winds out of northwest 8 to 16 miles an hour. So heres the exclusive accuweather 7day forecasts. High temperature early in the day, 24 degrees. Clouds and sunshine. Temperatures falling throughout the day. And on tuesday High Temperature of 24 degrees after pretty close to morning records on tuesday. Wednesday, High Temperature 38 degrees. Morning flurry or snow showers lyingly with another arctic boundary moving on through. Much colder thursday 2 4 friday, sun sheen and clouds, 26. Saturday mostly cloudy high of 34. As we get late saturday into sunday another wintry mix is possible High Temperature of 42. The big concern is black ice overnight, guys. Okay. Melissa, thank you. Our coverage of 87 annual oscar awards is next. Stay tuned for a special on the red carpet. Dont miss action news at 10 on phl17 tonight and then were back on 6abc following the oscar. For Melissa Magee, jeff skversky, jamie apody, Sarah Bloomquist and the entire action news team, im walter perez, see you back here after the oscars if the dunkin golden cup were given to you as a major award your acceptance speech would start with an acceptance sip. 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