With fire danger. Sky force 10 over a brush fire in south jersey just one of several happening in our area. The problem could spread because of the hot weather and dry conditions. Nbc 10s south Jersey Bureau reporter cydney long where some of those fires are burning. Well thats right. They are warning people that something as simple as a cigarette toss out of your window or a cars catalytic converter could spark a major brush fire. Theyre asking people as they heat up their barbecue grills during nice weather to play it safe. Sky force 10 overhead as massive flames burn. New jersey forest fire officials believe some five fires may have been set intentionally on whats considered a red flag warning day. It means as temperatures rise and winds pick up humidity drops. The fires are being investigated as suspicious. Just pray to god that nothing gets any worse than it is. Red hot flames spark up near route 70. Fire investigators considered this the largest of the fires burning scorching up
Yesterday. Sunshine to start with and clouds building as we head into the afternoon hours. We will be in the 80s today. 81 degrees. That changes tomorrow. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood. The forecast when im back in ten minutes. Right now lets check in with Jessica Boyington in the first alert traffic. Good morning, bill. Were still monitoring an accident in new jersey on bellmawr 295 northbound. Overturned vehicle. Not a lot of volume as well. Youre heading into philadelphia over the ben franklin bridge still dealing with ongoing construction coming into philadelphia. Losing part of that righthand lane. Not a lot of volume on the bridge but something to Pay Attention to if youre heading into philly a little bit later on. Schuylkill expressway currently no problems along south street. Westbound or eastbound, all the drive times there under 12 minutes in or out of the city. Mass transit. No delays for septa, new Jersey Transit or the patco speed line. Chris. A man is in
All of the snow. We had a lot of snow yesterday. Four is our number out of one to ten because of the challenges you will to have day weatherwise in the aftermath of yesterdays snowstorm. We are on record watch here in philadelphia. 10 degrees is the record from 1978. Thirteen is as low as we have gotten so far but our wind chillies zero. Keep that in mind. You dont have to be out very long shoveling snow before you start to feel the effects of frostbite. So pace yourself if you are going to go out once the sun comes up because it is really cold. 6 27 is our sunrise time. 27 degrees is all we will get even with all that sun. Our normal high is 48 or 49 degrees. That is your daytime temperature. The tonight we will get down to ready, 12 degrees. So hopefully you will sleep through that 12 degrees because it is saturday bob kelly. We cannot wait until saturday. Cant wait until saturday. 5 01. Getting out of the neighborhood will be the toughest part about your morning commute, and make su
Around seeing how people were and she thought she might smell nothing strong but a little bit of a chemical smell and then she started to not feel well. Reporter as fire, police and county ems and hazmat cruise responded, Emergency Personnel started treating more than 30 employees. Two had to be airlifted to area hospitals. Because of the nature of their complaint they were complaining of a Burning Sensation in respiratory system. Burning less serious respiratory injuries are taken to trauma center. Reporter six others also taken to the hospital. Everyone else sent home while hazmat crews combed the building for a possible culprit. The county went in. Ran some tests and believed that it is a refrigerant of some sort either r22 or some other flor row methane rei fridge ran used possibly from the hvac system. Reporter the company says because it was so warm outside the airconditioning turned on for the first time this season. This seems like the people who didnt feel well were seated mor
Collided a tractortrailer an box truck. The driver of the box truck was killed in the accident. He had to be cut out of the wreckage. Theyre now clearing that all off the highway. And hopefully theyll be able to get this thing all over before rush hour. Thats what state police are telling us that before rush hour theyre hoping to get the turnpike opened again but as you can see back out here live it is a complete stand still as traffic is being forced to exit here at quakertown and go onto route 663 and then over to 309 and ill tell you out there in those side roads hardly anything is moving. A big mess out here. Live in quakertown, david henry, channel6 action news. Brian and shirleen. All right, a big mess indeed david. Thanks very much. Weve got more breaking news right now. Three people are dead after a fire today in chester county. This happened just a few hours ago in west caln township and chad pradelli is live near the scene with more on this. Chad. Reporter shirleen this fire