Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10. Still developing tonight, a neighborhood told it is too dangerous to go home. Forced from their houses hours ago. Schools even locked down. Montgomery county neighborhood is on alert of course right now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. This is all because of whats happening inside one home. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in franconia township where shawnette this started think afternoon . Reporter yeah, lucy and iain, it has been more than seven and a half hours since police were called here to this home. Take look behind me. You can see the road that leads to that home which were told is actually on a culdesac at the end of the street. This road is still closed off as negotiators continue to try to make contact with the man. You have all these Police Activity shutting down the neighborhood it was kind of concerning. Reporter neighbors watch well into the night from their porch as surrounding streets remain
You outside, its hard to tell this was a twoalarm fire. The most significant damage happened in the basement of the temple of praise ministries, right on river road. We talked to the fire chief when we got on the scene. He tells us the fire began in the basement. Firefighters were able to save the church itself. Theres water damage, smoke damage, fire damage as well. The carpet, the chairs and much of the basement looking like a loss there. We talked to the pastors grandson and he tells us theyre going to clean things up and restore this church back to what it used to be. Just kind of shock and awe. Im surprised at how bad the damage is, but by the same token im glad no one was down here and no one was hurt. The church was empty at the time that fire broke out. Fire investigators are still working to determine a cause. Reporting live in pennsauken,c new jersey, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. Police have a man in custody this morning following an hours long standoff with police in franco
Until tonight. At the shore, a little bit of a sea breeze blowing, 85 degrees this afternoon. Though that is warmer than what weve seen the last couple days. Ill go through the forecast hour by hour to show you how quickly the temperatures will climb when im back in a few minutes. First, Jessica Boyington has an update from the first alert traffic center. Were watching 78 right now. Over in the Lehigh Valley on the eastbound side. Now it looks like were back open. You can see the flashing lights here. Losing out part of that lefthand shoulder, part of the lefthand lane with one lane getting by. Route 412, difficult to see there with the black and while of the camera. A slowdown approaching the scene. We just lost the camera there as well. Its there, i promise you. Egg harbor township, an accident on the white horse pike, around exit 40. No major problems or delays because of that. Still watching on the new jersey turnpike for another accident scene that should be clearing relatively so
Action news. Thank you. Also breaking now at 4 00. Two people were stabbed to death in northeast philadelphia. Police found their bodies at 12 40 this afternoon inside of a home on elmore road. The victims are a man and woman and they have not told us their names or who killed them. Chad pradelli is getting more details on this and has a live report at 4 30. News of all of that violence broke just as president obama was speaking at eakins oval. He was in town to campaign for Hillary Clinton and katie mcginm mcginty. And the democratic ticket. Vernon odom is live. Reporter Hillary Clinton remained off the campaign trail for the second day in a row still involved with her battle with pneumonia. But in philadelphia on her behalf president obama, who got a rousing reception from the estimated 6,000 people out here on the parkway today. President barack obama by the several thousands today they came out to see president obama in person, perhaps for the first time before his second term come
Opened all the ramps. Theyll be back again tonight at 11 oclock and shut the it down but for now youre good to go. Southwest philadelphia were live on the mid span of the platt bridge. Traffic moving okay. Last time i showed you this shot we had some Police Activity blocking the right lane. Theyre out of here and moving better right now. But we have an accident over here in cherry hill. This is new jersey turnpike southbound just as you approach exit three thats 168. The accident here blocks the left lane matt. Thank you karen. Back to that breaking traffic news you mentioned. A deadly crash on interstate 78 in the Lehigh Valley happened four and a half hours ago on the eastbound side of the crash is still closed. Action News Reporter Katherine Scott is live in hellertown where the ramp to 78 remains blocked to traffic. Katherine. Reporter matt were still waiting for more details from Pennsylvania State police as to exactly what happened in those eastbound lanes this morning but we do