Im rahel solomon. Eyewitness News Reporter anita oh is live this vineland the daylight shows the extent of the damage, good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon jim and rahel. Much of the damage is concentrated in the back of the building. Help crew as arrived they found three people tangling from the second floor window tossing out their belongings trying to get to safety. Thankfully they are okay. They know of 28 people who seven been displays by this has i have fire which took, more than one hours, to get under control. You you can see damage to the ramada inn is extensive. Much of the roomies charred. You can still shellshock this is air. We want to get to this dramatic video there earlier this morning when you could see flames shooting out of the roof of the building here in the two to hundred block of west landis island in vineland it says at least 12 rooms are heavily damaged there this two alarm fire. Guest didnt hear tire alarms but they woke up to Police Officers banging on the
Probation. It is an ocean city i institution, and now owners of manco and manco will go to federal prison for tax evasion anything to say to your supporters, anything to say to the people that count on you. Anything to say, sir. Reporter more than 100 family and friends came from several states to support charles bengal and his wife, they were sentenced in camden after dozens spoke on their behalf. I have never met anybody with that kind of energy, somebody that puts as much into their hour to hour, day to day life as he does. Reporter members of the Law Enforcement even showed up to beg the judge for mercy. Charles benning will pleaded guilty in 2015 to restructuring his financial transaction toss avoid reporting. s voided almost 91,000 in taxes, his wife, mary also pleaded guilty admit ago this she lied to irs agents. Authorities say she deposited business cash into her personal accounts and lied about the amount. There is no doubt he engaged in criminal conduct by failing to report
Sharrie in full accuweather forecast. Well focus on friday first. All right, adam, thank you. Action News Reporter gray hall live now in Washington Square and gray, you caught up with a lot of people taking full advantage of the springlike day and the whats that you have draped on you . [laughter] reporter i did, sharrie. Many people super excited because they dont need the gloves, they dont need the coat and they certainly dont need a scarf. Spending as much time outside as we can today because who is not going to enjoy a 70degree day in the middle of february. Reporter the calendar says winter but outside temperatures are screaming spring and everyone is noticing including these Temple University students we caught blogging about the unusually warm weatherly. Are you confused. Its blowing my mind. Im actually about to go put some shorts on. Yes, humans are confused and appears flowers are, too. 70s in february, the spring lovers dream come true. No cold, to snow, just a whole lot of
This very closely. Reporting live here in that port richmond, Christie Ileto channel6 action news. Jim. Christie, thank you. This was a record tying day in philadelphia. We hit a high of 74 degrees on this 24th day of february and if that doesnt sound terrific, well, we saw a lot of smiles on the faces of people taking advantage of this extraordinary spell of weather. In fact in parts of our area, it was the warmest february day ever, ever but not everybody is jumping for joy as well hear from bob brooks in a moment. But first lets check in with meteorologist cecily tynan with the facts and figures from accuweather. Cecily. Reporter jim, it was warmer here today than san diego, it was warmer than phoenix arizona. Take a look at these numbers. These numbers we typically see in the middle of may, not the end of february. Philadelphia again tying that record high of 74, allentown 77, that is the highest february temperature ever recorded. Reading tying the february record of 77, trenton 7
Outdoors, first half of the day is the day to do that, second half of the day, not so much. Here are the temperatures. Theyre way warmer than average for this time of year. Thats no surprise after seeing 70s in philadelphia the last few days. 61 in allentown, 61 in reading, 52, wilmington, low 50s for atlantic stichlt across the board temperatures are very mild to start. Theyre going o climb throughout your Morning Hours but then we start to see a dip in the afternoon as they round of storms moves in. So here are the current wind speeds. Light right now. 3 miles an hour. 5 in coatesville and 8 can allentown. This will be changing later today all because of that line of storms. We know how that works. When you have storms roll through, winds pick up. The winds stay strong even through tomorrow behind this line of storms which is going to lead to some props for our forecast. What we see are clouds hanging overhead. We ar going to continue with the clouds through the Morning Hours. Its tr