The fire started around 8 30 this evening. As you can see, the home was heavily damaged by the fire. Authorities say there was no one inside the home when the fire started. The state fire marshal s office and state police will be on scene tomorrow to investigate. Authorities say this is the same home where a toddler was killed back in november. Stick with wmur and wmur. Com for the latest as it becomes available. Other news the sun was shining , for first day of the new year for parts of the state and others saw some snow flurries. It is 30 degrees. Happy new year to you. I m shelley walcott. Will the nice weather stick around for the rest of the weekend and when could we see the coldest air yet this season . Chief meteorologist mike haddad is here to explain. Mike it was a fairly pleasant start to the new year today. Temperatures a little above the average. Classic early winter day. Great for ski areas to add the fresh powder. Notice some of the snow showers have come in in the form o
Merrick allegedly admitted to the decoy but said he was a regular guy in the chat room and used the chat name, a great guy. The report says the chats were sexual in nature and he initiated the chats. Fox25 first reported in december state police had been to his home for an investigation. We can now tell you an examination of his desk top computer found activity from the two chat rooms in question and police say a school issued laptop contained evidence consistent with chat activity on those web sites, plus dozens of graphic files depicting adult pornography. When investigators questioned merrick he acknowledged his behavior was inappropriate and said he did it quote because its exciting. I think its horrific as a principal of a school with children. The best thing is hes not there anymore. The most thing is our kids safety. Reporter we reached out to his attorney who emphasized his client is not facing any criminal charges. You might be wondering how that can be. We asked the essex dis
But the outlying areas are still very cold. Like nash with a is nine. Nashua is nine. And check this out. The coldest readings are preliminary olingt, falmouth and the vineyard. Why is that . Because of the snow cover. Thats where the ocean effect snow fell. And that helps you get even colder at night. With a clear sky and the dry air and light winds. In boston, youll be waking up to about 20 degrees tomorrow morning. But elsewhere it will be Single Digits and teens. But notice, by 11 00 a. M. In the morning its already above freezing in boston. Thats encouraging news. More about the temperature recovery coming up in a few minutes. Heather. Ed t riders hope more of the same is not coming down the track tomorrow. Heather were talking about trains broken, canceled or delayed during both commutes. All blamed on the cold. Newscenter 5s mary saladna at North Station with a tough ride home for many. Mary it sure was, heather and plenty of riders worried that the winter rider woes have alread
Early to tell but they can rule out anything suspicious. The fire marshal said they are winding down for the evening and they will come back here at 10 am, and they have to bring a bomb squad with the robot to get to this tube that is filled with potentially very dangerous chemicals. The explosion at dow chemical in North Andover was so powerful neighbors felt it. A loud boom and the house shook and my dog barked and i went outside to see if there was an accident. Reporter four workers were critically injured suffering from what hospital officials and burns. This is a chemical reactive to water and for some reason that will come out, this chemical reacted with water, which resulted in the explosion. Reporter the four employees were rushed to the hospital, the rest of the staff at the dow Chemical Plant were evacuated. Are you okay . Reporter the Hazardous Materials crew internet hours surveying the scene to make sure it was safe for investigators to get inside. Fire officials told thos
Cold it was this morning when boston got to eight. Worcester to three. Way back to last winter before it was that cold. Or since its been that cold. So the story of how were doing tonight is fascinating. Because bostons 22, the urban areas, not quite as cold. But the outlying areas are still very cold. Like nash with a is nine. Nashua is nine. And check this out. The coldest readings are preliminary olingt, falmouth and the vineyard. Why is that . Because of the snow cover. Thats where the ocean effect snow fell. And that helps you get even colder at night. With a clear sky and the dry air and light winds. In boston, youll be waking up to about 20 degrees tomorrow morning. But elsewhere it will be Single Digits and teens. But notice, by 11 00 a. M. In the morning its already above freezing in boston. Thats encouraging news. More about the temperature recovery coming up in a few minutes. Heather. Ed t riders hope more of the same is not coming down the track tomorrow. Heather were talki