Will be partially restored as well but trains will not stop in north philadelphia bridesburg or tacony tomorrow and delays are expected. Meantime crews have been working around the clock trying to get the track repaired after tuesdays disaster. Teams also spent the weekend installing speed controls on the section of track where train 188 derailed. Meanwhile there are conflicting reports now an object striking the amtrak train just before the accident. The ntsb believes something may have struck the trains wind shield but investigators i was Brandon Bostian never radio dispatch that the train had been hit prior to the crash. We have live team three coverage tonight and we begin with Eyewitness News reporter matt rivers in Port Richmond. Matt. Reporter natasha a Reflection Service just finished up here in Port Richmond, a relatively small crowd here of volunteers, First Responders. They were quick to not call eight Memorial Service but rather, they wanted to get together and to reflect o
Breaking news right now. Traffic is at a standstill on i295 and route 73 after a deadly truck fire in mt. Laurel. Eyewitness news has now learned one person was killed in the crash. It happened on i295 under the route 73 overpass and drivers are currently being detoured around this accident scene. Of course, stay with Eyewitness News for the very latest. Also tonight Amtrak Service between philadelphia and new york city will be running in time for the morning commute. It comes less than one week after the deadly Train Derailment in Port Richmond. Good evening everyone. Im natasha brown. Thank you so much for joining us. Heres the very latest on the aftermath of the amtrak derailment. In addition to amtraks full service resuming, septas trenton regional line will be partially restored. But trains will not stop in north philadelphia, bridesburg or tacony tomorrow and delays are expected. Also amtrak crews spent the weekend installing speed controls on the section of track where train 188
After the deadly Train Derailment in Port Richmond. Good evening everyone. Im natasha brown. Thank you so much for joining us. Heres the very latest on the aftermath of the amtrak derailment. In addition to amtraks full service resuming, septas trenton regional line will be partially restored. But trains will not stop in north philadelphia, bridesburg or tacony tomorrow and delays are expected. Also amtrak crews spent the weekend installing speed controls on the section of track where train 188 derailed. And today awake was held for one of the eight people who died in this crash. Bob gildersleeve his body was the last to be pulled from the wreckage. White News Reporter matt rivers joins us live from outside of 30th street station with the latest. Matt . Reporter natasha for the first time in nearly a week amtrak train will leave here from 30th street station bound for new york. That train set to leave tomorrow morning shortly before 6 00 a. M. Eight people died as a result of this week
Alerted to this threealarm blaze about 3 30 this morning, so this is been going on now for about two hours. Dozens of firefighters here on the scene, you can see that at least four ladder trucks are battling the blaze from overhead. Over firefighters who have brought in hoses, extending probably three or four blocks away are inside at the scene, still engulfed here. You can see the flames that are erupting, at several different points where my Vantage Point is. I want to walk around a little bit, because i know the trees are blocking it. I can see flames from at least three different points of location inside the Flooring Company. Now, what weve been told is this is a familyowned Flooring Company. Its been here for a couple of dozen years. Were located in an industrial park. When you are traveling eastbound on the schuylkill expressway and then getting on to the blue route, heading towards new jersey, you can see that the flames are billowing over that part of the highway. But if you c
The scene of this threealarm fire here at the Philadelphia Floor company for about 2 1 2 hours. Initial reports of multiple explosions have not been confirmed, but the chief says he is currently working on a press release. So mideasthes moving all of us to one central location. But we can tell you, as you know, some flooring products are highly flammable. Ladder trucks battling this blaze from above and dozens of Fire Companies are here on the ground. Four ladder trucks in all, weve been able to count. Maybe one more has joined us now in the past half hour. The Park Companies are here from conshohocken, plymouth meeting, lower maryland, narberth. Its unbelievable the flames. We have seen flames shooting up from about three different locations inside the building but we are being moved downwind of the smoke and the flames at this point. So if youre traveling on the blue route, no doubt, the smoke is something that youre going to notice this morning. But for now, the only detours are in