Where can you see philadelphia firefighters responding to a house fire. There on the 4900 block of Chestnut Street. They arrived on the scene just before 11 30 just about a half ago trying to douse the flames and heavy fire and smoke coming from the house the shoot out of the roof. Again, a two alarm fire that continues to burn on chest thought street in west philadelphia. Now to an accuweather alert. We are stuck below freezing for another day. If you think this is bad you will not like what is in store for the holiday weekend. Del dot crews started to brine the roads just a precaution to stop ice buildup for the bitter cold and salt trucks are on stand by as well. Penndot began to hit the roads and they had truck as long route 14 in bristol township. Just a safety measure to avoid slippery conditions this holiday weekend. Reporte karen rogers is here to tell us what 20 expect. And we have not seen the worst of it. Its cold and getting colder. You were looking at the shots there of chopper 6 hd. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have really started to cloud up since that point. Keeping with mostly cloudy skies through afternoon wren dry and see a few flurries this morning north of the city and not the case right now. The big story is the temperatures and the prolonged period that well be dealing with this very cold air mass. That is the problem in the area. Look at the temperatures right now, 21 in philadelphia and 18 in reading and still in the teens if the lehigh valley. And 19 and 20 in trenton and 22 in beach haven and 24 in millville. And dover delaware, 26 degrees. But more importantly how does it feel. The windchills were in the Single Digits this morning and philadelphia itself still stuck at 9 degrees that is what it feels like. 10 in trenton and 14 in millville. Yesterday was the coldest day in two years, and we were stuck in the single digit windchills, today will be a little bit better and feel like its in the teens. Its pretty bad when you say 15 degrees is an improvement. That is what it feels like the winds are not as gusty 7 to 14 Miles Per Hour and we have more cloud cover and its a tradeoff today. Here is what to expect. We have been in the deep polar plunge. Monday the high was 40 down barely above freezing on tuesday and wednesday 27 and yesterday 22 degrees, today the high will be 27 but feel like its just in the teens. So here is what to expect. The cold continues at least the next seven days, staying below freezing and at least the next seven days we dont make it out of the 20s. The coldest time period is sunday through monday and that is after course the holiday. Windchills are near zero as you ring in the new year and perhaps below zero nor new years morning. Well talk more about that in the sevenday forecast and how much snow comes tomorrow in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Thank you. In the midst of this bitter blast. The Delaware River started to freeze, this is the view from chopper 6 hd in new hope. You see the large chunks of ice now floating in the water. Despite the frigid forecast the tristate region is moving ahead without door celebrations as planned. The mummers say their new years parade is on at least for now. They will keep an eye on the weather throughout the weekend and in the men time they continue to set up for mondays strut on broad street. Over at the navy yard. Workers are busy loading up for the big fireworks display at penns landing. It takes three days for crews to set up the show on the Delaware River waterfront. Jeff is here now to talk about why the weather may force a few changes this year. Reporter just minor changes, now usually organizers set fireworks off the sides of barges as well as straight up. But the side launching fireworks will not take place because of the concern of icing here on the Delaware River. Meanwhile, fans and spectators are planning to come out here and organizers say they see more people looking for warmer alternatives. You cant do new years eve without fireworks, we expect the t may be smaller but come later and leave earlier. Despite the forecast the organizers say the show will go on much like last year. The barge is loaded at the navy yard and makes its way up the Delaware River two hours before the first show time at 6 00 p. M. And the cold may keep some from heading to the waterfront but he will not miss the show. We have a party at my apartment right over there. We have a nice setup. Well bindle up like today. And those without rooftop views have alternatives. We have Waterfront Partners having parties and dave and busters and spirit of philadelphia and they have fantastic parties with the best viewing locations of the fireworks, we see a lot of people drifting towards those parties and looking for something to do and stay on the water and see the fireworks and stay warmer. And of course staying warm certificate key this weekend. Adventure aquarium and the battleship new jersey is hosting new years eve celebrations which will be heated. The fire works will be set off at 6 00 p. M. And at midnight. Reporting live channel 6 action news. Heated sounds like the plan jeff, thank you. Keep up with changes to the new years eve forecast and the new years day outlook for the mummers parade right for your phone or tablet. We invite you for the annual new years eve tradition here on 6 abc. We are talking about dick clarks new years rocking eve. Ryan seacrest hosts from times square. Coverage begins at 8 00 sunday night. Now back to the breaking news in west philadelphia. Happening now, this fire at the intersection at 4900 block of chestnut. Firefighters got to the scene just 40 minutes ago and heavy fire and smoke coming from that house. They are, as you can see, neighbors looking on to assess the damage as firefighters get to work on this blaze. Its a two alarm fire and they are still making progress at this hour. You can see crews there working to douse what is left of the flames up top and of course no injuries reported at this time. Commuters ran into big delays on i95 after a crash in delaware county. A truck overturned in the northbound lanes after it collided with at least one other car in tinicum township. There was damage to both vehicles and authorities shut down both lanes of the highway. Four people including a firefighter were injured when fire broke out this morning in south jersey. Those flames tore through a home in union avenue killing three of the family dogs. Crews were able to save three people trapped inside and a firefighter was injured during the rescue. Jeanette reyes has more on the investigation coming up at 12 30. A deadly four alarm fire in new york city claimed at least 12 lives, officials now believe a child playing with a stove sparked the blaze. They are calling this the worst fire the city has seen in 25 years. Abc linda lopez has the lightest from the bronx. More than 175 firefighters responded to the fire in the bronx. Where victims included three members of the same family and four small children including a 1 and 2yearold. In brutally cold temperatures in new york last night. Firefighters battled the flames in this building on prospect avenue in the bronx. Responding to the scene, minutes after receiving the call after midnight last night. In what new york city mayors calls the worst fire in the city in a quarter of a century. This is one of the worst losses of life to a fire in many many years. A line of gurneys coming away from the building as First Responders rushed victims to the hospital and residents forced out into the freezing cold. There was smoke everywhere. The flames moving so fast moving through ever floor of the building many didnt make it out of their apartments. A mother found in the bathroom with her baby in one apartment. Both deceased. This is the time of year people celebrate, people lost their lives and homes and lost everything. Residents that managed to escape wrapped in rescross blankets staying warm on city buses brought in for heat and the fire began on the first floor on this building and started by a child play weighing stove. He went on to say that the child was a 3yearold who had a history of playing with the burners on the stove. Reporting from bronx new york, channel 6 action news. Well, amid this holiday vacation at maralago, President Trump has given an impromptu interview to the new york times. President trump just finished golf with his partners and agreed to speak to aides in the room and address the Russian Investigation and north korea. Well have a full report on the president s candid comments coming in the next half hour. The Philadelphia Eagles are getting ready to face the cowboys in front a home crowd at lincoln financial field it means pretty much nothing. And the birds already locked up the number one seed and dallas is eliminated from playoff contention but nothing at stake here aside from pride. The game kicks off sunday at 1 00. And still to come on action news at noon, a vehicle plunges off the end of a pier into a freezing cold river. The reason the driver did that on purpose. Plus, a smash and grab with serious consequences the search for the criminals that made off with 30 stolen guns and meteorologist, karen rogers has the frigid sevenday forecast when action news continues. Start the car start the car the ikea winter sale. 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And a family filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines after their wheelchair bound mother fell down an escalator and died a month later. She was flying with a connection in portland and was suppose to have an escort but her family says that Alaska Airline as ban donned her and she became confused and thought she was getting on the elevator and ended up tumbling down the escalator where her wheelchair fell on top of her. It could be someone elses mom or sister that this happened to, it was neglect. She was in bedridden and constant pain for three months before she died. Alaska Airlines Says she declined assistance and her family did not let them know she needed assist ants in the first place. An iowa Business Owner may have to shut down off a bizarre act of vandalism. The damage killed half a million bees and the loss is effort mated to be between 50,000 and 60,000 and the owner says that bees are not insurable. And they dont cover bees. The woman accused of stealing a whole jackpot and keeping it for herself. Health check this noon, there could be a break through from people that suffer from heartburn. A doctor is offering a patient a new option that doesnt offer surgery. A device that goes into the mouth and down the esophagus to fix reflux. Its a tiff procedure. Here is a cautionary tale about playing the lottery in groups. Two waitresses at an arkansas diner is torn apart by a big win leslie and mandy were given 10 scratchoff tickets as a gift from their boss and told them to evenly split winnings as a christmas bonus. Fast forward one of the tickets revealed the 3 300,000 top priz. There is one claiming the prize and keeping the tip for herself. Lottery Officials Say they is the only one that signed the ticket. She is threatening legal action if she doesnt share the winnings. There say larger amounts on the large tonight in the mega millions. 306 million, and if you strike out tomorrow power ball is estimated at 384 million. The Action News Team is working on stories including the final freebie friday of the year. Getting everything from krispy kreme donuts to rides on new years eve all for free and if the contrast from warm indoor air and cold outside air is wreaking havoc on your skin you are not alone. At 4 00 we show you how to deal with the flakes you have been shield your skin in the future. Accuweather is coming up next at noon. Sky 6 hd taking a live look at the skyline but it is cold. Meteorologist, karen rogers will have your frigid sevenday forecast when action news comes right back. Meteorologist, karen rogers back with another check of the accuweather forecast. Dangerously cold and we havent seen the worst of it. That is just it. The prolonged period that is making it so difficult to deal with. Lets start you off with stormtracker 6 live double scan. Where we are dry we have a few Early Morning flurries here and there. North of the city and not the case right now. I want to show you the shop the action cam is busy and out here. You see the frozen creek already. Imagine over the next seven days this is linwood, new jersey, down the shore. And you see the creeks frozen already. A lot of kids are off and you think let me walk across and skate across, not something you want to do you need a good 4 inches of solid frozen ice to walk on it. Its never 100 safe. But its a pretty scene to look at as long as you stay a safe distance. Temperatures 21 degrees and the dew point is 21. And not as gusty as yesterday and they said not the winds from yesterday just a little better than that. The pressure is Holding Steady but the windchill 9 degrees, here is satellite 6 along with action radar we really clouded up over the past six hours or so. We have bright sunshine and the clouds rolled in and we are in and out of the clouds this afternoon. Keeping with the mostly cloudy sky and temperature now 21 degrees in the city and the teens and the lehigh valley. And the mid to upper 20s in south jersey. When you factor in the winds not just 9 degrees in the city but barely out of the Single Digits and 14 in millville. Windchill is a factor this afternoon as well. Our high is 27 and it wont feel that warm. Well feel like the teens through the afternoon. Despite some sunshine mixing with the clouds. 4 00, 26 and 6 00, 25 degrees, it turns cloudy overnight and that is ahead of the next storm that will affect us, its a minor event but could cause you issues as you travel around tomorrow. We expect snow showers late in the overnight into tomorrow. 28 degrees for the high temperature. I want to show you the latest and some snow moving in and some models suggesting later than that. This is a look at 11 30, we are light snowfall and it will not amount to much but could be trucky on untreated services and people are already brining the roads. A quick hitter and a coating to one or two places seeing 1 or 2 inches of snow tomorrow. Look at new years eve. Look at the windchill. The windchill will feel like zero. And it could be below that on new years morning. Here is your exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. A cold one. Cold today and less wind than yesterday. 27 for the high and feeling like the teens this afternoon. Light snow into the early afternoon hours tomorrow, 28. And sunday is blustery and new years eve and 22 degrees and feeling like zero when you ring in the new year and could be below zero windchills monday morning. And gusty winds all day. Tuesday brisk and still cold although still below freezing 25 on tuesday. Wednesday at least not as harsh but 30 for your high. And thursday we are tracking a possible noreaster, 29 degrees for your high and some of the latest models are suggesting it stay ofz coast but something we are watching for thursday. All right. Maybe the new year will bring some better temperatures. Not the first week but fast forward. With advils fast relief, youll ask, what pulled muscle . What headache . Nothing works faster to make pain a distant memory. Advil liquigels and advil liquigels minis. What pain . If you could see your cough, youd see all the sickness youre spreading. Robitussin cf max. Nothing lasts longer and treats more symptoms for your cough, cold and flu. elevator bell ringing robitussin cf max severe. Because its never just a cough. Action news at 12 30 continues, with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. We are going to begin at 12 30 with the latest on the breaking news out of west philadelphia. Where firefighters continue to fight this two alarm house fire. Chopper 6 hd live now over the scene on the 4900 block of Chestnut Street. They are making progress here. The flames broke out before 11 30 this morning, smoke still continues to pour out of the home but certainly less than when we last checked in 10 minutes ago. Fire crews are battling that house fire on Chestnut Street in west philadelphia. So far no injuries are reported but well continue to follow the on going situation and bring you updates on air and online. Now the details on the accuweather alert. Its a frigid friday. With temperatures in the teens, the coiledest air of the season still yet to come. The action cam was down at the shore this morning where some people were walking on the boardwalk in ocean city. That is a live look there at the Commodore Barry bridge. Its shiny but its deceiving the cold air certainly the thing we are talking about today. People have to bundle up if they