Road. Take almhouse road or 611 depending on which area you have to go. 32 people getting help from the red cross because of their apartment complex fire. It started just after 1 00 this morning in Cumru Township. Matt delucia has been at the apartment complex all morning long. Matt, do firefighters now how this thing started. Reporter firefighters are starting the task of how this fire started. You can see a couple lights shining on the back of this building. The only one in this complex that is damaged. Were at the schillington commons apartment building. 32 people are displaced. You figure 1 00 a. M. When this fire started, people are sleeping. The firefighters say they had to evacuate this building rather quickly. Fortunately, no one was injured. They believe they know at least where this fire started. Right now were focused on back of the building in an area thats right above the entranceway. Its some sort of a decorative type of porch type area if you want to call it. Its not really an occupied area. And back live right now, you see not much activity at the moment here. The firefighters for the most part have left. Theres one truck thats out here on the front of the building, kind of holding the scene until they get back out here later on this morning. The red cross was out here helping the people who were evacuated. A lot of damage to this building here especially to the roof. The chief saying that the investigators will be waiting for daylight to really begin the task of going through and figuring out a cause. Live in Cumru Township berks county, matt delucia nbc 10 news. 5 02. Were following this breaking news. Heres a live picture from furlong, bucks county. A picture of a u. P. S. Truck crash. The truck slammed into a barrier and the cab caught fire. The driver was able to get himself out and was rushed to the hospital. York road was closed in both directions near sugar bottom road as they clean up and investigate. New from overnight, in philadelphia a man is dead after a driveby shooting. This happened along 53rd and berks in wynnefield. A car with three people inside drove up to the victim who was riding a bike and someone in the vehicle opened fire. The officers are look for the people involved. Now to an nbc 10 exclusive. We spoke to a man who helped point police toward a person of interest in the disappearance of a cape may conte boy more than 20 years ago. 11yearold Mark Himebaugh vanished in 1991. Its also the area where the man in a Police Sketch was seen talking with Mark Himebaugh shortly before he disappear. Daniel coll a former prosecute told nbc 10s Ted Greenberg that the man in the sketch is a former client of his, convicted Child Predator thomas butcavage. Are you positive this is the boy you saw in the video . Yes, i am. I said that looks like the boy from south jersey. Tommy told me it was him. He confessed to me and said it was him. I said what did you do with him. He said i did like i did the rest of them i dispose of them. Police believe it was coll who triggered an initial investigation of butcavage in 2006. Detectives are hoping to talk with him again. He is in prison for unrelated child sex crimes. A march for peace and a call for justice for a 5yearold girl kidnapped and beaten last week. Put the gun down put the guns down stop the violence stop the violence nbc 10 in north philadelphia last night. Some Philadelphia Police officers joined a group of neighbors and loved ones at 17th and west lehigh as they made their way to hutchinson street. Thats where police say last tuesday a man climbed through an alleyway window of the familys home and forced the little girl outside where he bet her. The chalds mother found the girl barely conscious in the backyard backyard. They are looking for Surveillance Video and witnesses that may lead to her attacker. To National Night out and the celebration to build stronger communities. Nbc 10 in ardmore, Montgomery County last night. Police and firefighters spent time hanging out with their neighbors, enjoying Live Entertainment and a carnival ride. In delaware dozens packed into wilmingtons Rodney Square to get an upclose look at the Wilmington Police and Fire Departments hightech gear. And officers served up cool treats to help beat the heat. In camden they celebrated National Night out with an oldfashioned barbecue. Some dogs there. Nbc 10 at the New Jerusalem Baptist Church where police kicked back with neighbors to enjoy a beautiful evening out. National night out is a yearly event aimed at building better relationships between the police and the communities in which they serve. And staying in camden look at this policing is a family aware at least in the camacho home. This is captain Gabriel Camacho and thats his daughter fellow officer gabrielle. Investigators found the shotsshot s for tots program gave five wrong or outdated immunizations. Ten candidates made the cut for the first republican president ial debate including new jersey governor Chris Christie. Donald trump qualified, scoring the top spot followed by jeb bush and scott walker. As we said Chris Christie made the stage. He just barely made it. Rick santorum and Carly Fiorina were among the seven who did not make the cut. Santorum led the chorus of criticism against the debates host, fox news channel. The former pennsylvania senator was second to mitt romney for the gop nomination in 2012. He called on fox to appositive his for the apologize for the way they picked the field. They will be part of an afternoon debate before the main event. Jeb bush is backtracking after making comments about funding for Womens Health programs. You could take dollar for dollar, though im not sure we need 500 million for Womens Health yshs. In that budget i can promise you there will not be 500 million going to planned parenthood. Democrats immediately pounced on those comments, including Hillary Clinton who tweeted out, jeb bush you are absolutely unequivocally wrong. Jeb bush later said he misspoke and he was referrr planned parenthood. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Eight minutes after 5 00. Less than an hour away from sunrise. Well see sunshine. The humidity is dropping thats what youll notice to start with today. Still clouds overhead but with a breeze blowing out of the northwest, the clouds clear out and the dry air takes over which will lead to a cooling trend. Over the next few days the temperatures will come down even more. Right now, cool in the mountains, 54 degrees for mt. Pocono scattered clouds over northeast philadelphia. There you could see a few thin clouds in the pocono mountains, a view from the french manor, clearing skies today. After a cool start it will be in the 70s in the mountains this afternoon. 80s for philadelphia but were seeing very little wind right now. What wind we will see develop during the day will come out of the northwest and thats the drier air that will be pushing into the area keeping us much more comfortable than the last few days. The humidity taking a break. The storms are also out of the picture. Theyve moved offshore. Leave the umbrella at home. Take sun glasses with you. Well see more and more sunshine, 80s for allentown, quakertown and reading. Sunshine takes over with lowering humidity for Doylestown Norristown and mt. Holly. At the shore the humidity is elevated right now. That will be falling during the day. 89 for cape may, vineland and dover. With sunshine taking over in less humid conditions, it will feel more comfortable. Well be in the upper 80s for westchester and wilmington near 90 degrees this afternoon for philadelphia. This weekend, sunshine saturday and sunday. The humidity stays lower. Middle 80s for saturday and sunday. Before we get to the weekend, you might need your umbrella again. The sevenday forecast with the timing of wet weather when i come back in ten. 5 10 this wednesday morning. We have a crash in bucks county. We want to make sure we take care of those of you traveling in the rest of the delaware valley. Were checking out the vine street expressway, vai and tracy. Around 24th street moving along just fine. These are the eastbound lanes right in here. You can see cones restricting part of the righthand shoulder but no real problems, westbound 95 up towards the schuylkill expressway. A threeminute trip. Under five minutes. Drive times around the philadelphia area, 95 into the Center City Area 13 minutes, no problems currently on the schuylkill expressway, if youre heading into the center city airy to the vine street expressway as well. Blue route doing just fine also. Out in furlong, bucks countrity, still dealing with the major road closure. Your best bet, take almhouse road or 611. 11 minutes past 5 00 right now. Beer at wawa . Well tell you which store could soon be selling it and when. Then a giant sinkhole opened up at a busy intersection in new york city causing major traffic troubles. Think youd be good at working security for the papal visit . Well tell you where you can sign up to help. Had 5 14. Look at this, its a huge sinkhole in new york city. It opened up during the morning rush yesterday. Traffic is being detoured. Repair crews are fixing the damage. Still unclear what caused the sinkhole. These wildfires continue to rage across Northern California this morning and the flames are spreading at what officials call an explosive rate. Nearly two dozen fires are tearing through the area and more than 13,000 people are now under evacuation orders in the state. Im pretty scared. I definitely want to have a home to go to after this. About ,000 firefighters are on the front lines trying to contain those flames. Happening today, the search begins for nearly 100 security guards needed for crowd control during the papal visit. U. S. Security associates will screen potential candidates at a job fair at the pa career links center at suburban station. The job fair runs from 9 00 until 10 00 this morning. We now know septa riders requested more than 328,000 Regional Rail passes in the papal lottery held on monday. The special passes are required if you want to ride the rails the weekend of the popes visit in september. Septa will send out emails tomorrow. Youll get one if youre one of the lucky winners. Meantime meet ac is trying to get the word out that hotel rooms in ac are Still Available for the last weekend in september. Guests of participating hotels can use express train service. The tickets go on sale august 15th. They have to be prepurchased. You can buy up to four tickets for 30 round trip. Make sure you have the nbc 10 app on your smartphone or tablet to get up to the minute news. Aldi is looking to fill dozens of positions across our area today as it opens Stores Across the region. Aldi got bought out Bottom Dollar earlier this year. They closed more than 60 stores. Theyre now reopening half of them under the aldi name. The event runs from 9 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. At four aldi locations, trenton, Belmar Bordentown and franklin mills. You must be at least 18 years old to apply and have a High School Diploma or ged. 5 16 and 73 degrees outside. A Delaware County wawa could be the first in the state to sell beer. The board of supervisors approve ed this. Even with the limits distributors are worried. Theres only so much beer that can be sold in a geographical area. The Pennsylvania Liquor control board still has to approve the plan. 5 17. Still a good time right now to get out and get around the city in the area unless perhaps youre in bucks county. Where we had that accident weve been following. Jessica boyington is watching all of the cameras. Almost completely empty around ridge pike. Out the door on the blue route, northbound or southbound no problems there. Heading out the door on to 95 we love to see drive times for 95. 6 30 or so these will be a lot higher than this. Southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway about as low as it can go about a 12minute trip. If youre northbound pretty much the same story. Mass transit, currently no problems or delays for new Jersey Transit septa or the patco speed line. Coming up well check in with the area bridges. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 18 minutes after 5 00. The skies are starten to brighten up, getting a view of some of the clouds moving through the area right now. No sign of any rain. Rain completely out of the picture today. We started off those strong storms yesterday. This is a live view from the Mellon Bank Building in center city. Scattered clouds but theyre already thinning out. With the northwesterly wind develop during the day, well see the humidity coming down. Still elevated in philadelphia. Much of the rest of the area teal feeling the drier conditions. Cooler than yesterday. Scattered clouds over Citizens Bank park. Phillies win last night. It will be a winning forecast for this evenings game. You can see the clouds moving through the Lehigh Valley and offshore is where well find storms this morning. Pushing in from the northwest, dry air will lead to a cooling trend that starts today. 93 yesterday afternoon. Its got going to be hot today. It is going to feel much more comfortable with those winds developing out of the northwest. But as we head into the weekend, look at those showers and thunderstorms over parts of nebraska. Thats part of the system that may bring us rain before we get to saturday and sunday. Late tomorrow night, the ohio valley, southern ohio and into West Virginia well see those storms. As we head into friday morning, early friday morning, we could see rainfall. Thats thursday evening at 10 00 during the Early Morning hours, friday a chance of showers. But well also see some sunshine during the day, especially to the north on friday. So some wet weather ahead. But you wont see it today. Breezy and less humid. High temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees this afternoon. Cooler tomorrow morning, down to 64, 86 with partly sunny skies on thursday. Then the chance of showers late thursday night and into friday. Good chance that those showers will stay to the south. 79 degrees friday. And then back into the 80s for the weekend with partly to mostly sunny skies. Chance of storms returns next week. Thank you, bill. A dog in Delaware County that was the victim of animal cruelty has a new place to call home. This is trooper with his new owner adopter, david byrd. It take two months for the delco spca to nurse trooper back to health. This is what he looked like back in june. He was emaciated and had a shackle embedded in his neck. Police are still looking for the suspect in this animal cruelty case. And on that note nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are teaming up with dozens of animal shelters in our area to help find homes for pets in need. Its called clear the shelters. Its happening saturday, august 15th. Shelters will be offering reduced adoption fees in hopes of finding homes for the thousands of animals in local shelters. Help raise the awareness by sharing the 50 he convenient on the social media platforms. Make sure you use the hash tag clear the shelters. Send us pictures of your pets. Come out saturday, august 15th to help welcome a new friend into your home and your family. For shelter locations and fees tap on the nbc 10 news app. Thanksgiving christmas new years, youre probably not thinking about those holidays just yet but you should be if you want a good deal. Well tell you the best day to look your holiday travel. Heres a hint. Its coming up pretty soon. Caught up in controversy. The mayor of allentown is being investigated by the fbi. City council has a backup plan in place. When theyre expected to tell neighbors what that plan is. Experts say its not too early to start booking your flights for the holiday season. Next week is the best time to buy flights around thanksgiving christmas and new years. Experts say consumers can save nearly 20 by booking christmastime flights this early. Access to more money. Jp morgan chase is making it easier to take out socalled jumbo loans. Landon dowdy is here to explain. Good morning. Good morning to you. Jp morgan is the latest bank to make it easier for you to get a big mortgage. Bank of america and wells fargo have also taken similar steps. The Mortgage Market has bounced back since the crisis. Wall street tries to avoid another day of red arrows the dow down for a fourth straight day. Shares of apple and comments from a top fed official about a possible Interest Rate hike in september weighed on the markets. The trade deficit and the services sector. Up 47 points to 17550. The nasdaq losing 9. Well see what happens today. Landon dowdy, thanks. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. 73 degrees at 5 25. The temperatures are falling right now. We will see sunshine today. The few scattered clouds that we have visible in this view from center city, those will be clearing out. Heading out the door Jessica Boyington is tracking your first alert traffic. And bill were looking live in the Lehigh Valley on 78 around cedar crest boulevard. These are roadways you like to see. Theyre pretty empty right now. Head out while you can. Im matt delucia live in Cumru Township berks county. Fire investigators trying to figure out how this one started, close to three dozen people forced out of their homes early this morning. Well be live with an update, coming up after the break. This is nbc 10 news. Overnight emergency, a fire rips through an apartment in berks county while people were sleeping. More than 30 people are out of their homes this morning. Were live. Slow down. The new push to monitor speeding on pennsylvania highways, how police could be watching you even when you dont see them. And a live look at radar, looking a little different than it did yesterday morning. No storms. First alert meteorologist bill henley says the cooling trend start today. It is just 5 30. Welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Well get a check on your first alert forecast in just a moment. This is a live look at the scene where a u. P. S. Truck slammed into a barrier along york road. The truck cab caught fire the driver got out. Crews rushed to the hospital. York road is closed in both directions near sugar bottom road as they clean up and investigate this scene. Find out how to get around lets get to nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Help us out. Vai, thats exactly what im here for. Furlong, bucks county york road closed in both directions at sugar bottom road. Your best bet to get around the scene as it will be out there for cleanup and investigation for quite some time take almhouse road or take 611. That accident scene is just in
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