This thing, firefighters have gotten this under control. This is at 3rd and Chestnut Streets. Theyre still working to get rid of every single extinguish all the flames. As of 6 48 a. M. , they do not expect it to spread anymore. You can see the heavy black smoke consuming this block of Chestnut Street for the past four hours. Theyre going to expect a lot of smoke damage. The building affected will have severe fire damage in all of those apartments. This is at third and chestnut across from the museum of the american revolution. It has a number of bars, hotels, shopping districts and apartments. A number of people in the apartments of the affected buildings were evacuated. Nearby buildings also evacuated. Some 60 people were just evacuated in the past hour because they were in a nearby building and were told to get out. At this point, we can report no injuries according to fire officials. They are going to continue investigating. They got to get their crews inside the building to survey
Im erin coleman. Damage totals more than 1. 5 million. The question now, how will the district get all of its kids to School Next Week . Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live in south white hall township with the very latest. Randy. Reporter those 25 bright Yellow School buss have been turned into 25 charred black metal skeletons. What you see behind me used to be a building, a garage outside Orefield Middle School in Lehigh County. As you can see the zbrath gone, all thats left are those busses that were inside. Some of them also outside the garage, damaged as well. Fire Officials Say the call came in about 3 00 a. M. , first reported as smoke then the fire consumed everything in that garage. There were no injuries, but it took firefighters thundershowers get this blaze under control. The School District here, the parkland School District had to cancel classes because those buses are used to transport students. It makes about a fifth the schools entire fleet. The cause is under investigati
Information after two people were shot and killed on chain street. One mother there tells me she decided to keep her son home from school today she was so worried about the shooting. This block has been peaceful for years. Marjorie long decided to keep her 11yearold home today didnt want him walking down the block where two men were shot and killed just after midnight. Every house just about has multiple kids. Reporter we saw families up and down chain street near oak. Police had the area blocked oof looking for clues from the shoot shooter. I have a couple of nephews that live around here. Came around here to check and make sure they was all right. He was relieved to learn his family is okay says violence around here picked up recently, even with young families in the neighborhood. This area has gotten real bad. Katy zachary, nbc 10 news. We reached out to Norristown Police to find out if theres been an increase in gun violence over the last year. Well let you know what we find out. A
Drugs. With a little radio shack, he said the man was almost untraceable. We have a credit card set up at the pump so that keeps record of everyone who got fuel. And sure enough, the name showed up there. Thats how federal agents tied the pilot to el chappo. Notorious drug dealer once described at most successful drug cartel. Federal investigators do say drugs were moving throughout this area in Lancaster County and saying that several dealers were arrested. Some of them have served federal time and have been released. Reporting live in Lancaster County, nbc 10 news. Gostd documents revealed the dea had intelligence on at left tw plots to help el chappo escape from a maximum security prison. According to internal dea documents, there was first information on escape plans in march of last year. That is about a month after being captured in mexico. Then another plot last summer. Guzman escaped from a tunnel from his jail cell last friday. Now to your first alert weather. Showers could fa
Philadelphia southward, areas that have not had a freeze yet is getting their first one. The actual air temperatures have gone down during the day. Down to 32 degrees right now in allentown. You can see the temperatures in philadelphia by 7 00 a. M. Down to 25 and other places going pretty close to the teens and near record levels. Tell you more about what places are most likely to set the records and when were going to warm up, coming up in a few minutes. A cold blue alert goes into effect in philadelphia at 7 00 tonight. That means outreach teams will patrol the streets, encouraging the homeless to come indoors. Extra shelter beds will also be in place. That code blue alert runs through 7 00 a. M. Sunday. Plan ahead for the cold weekend with weather on the nbc 10 app. Get the hour by hour forecast for your neighborhood right on your smartphone. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with one of the most popular comedians in the country admitting to allegations of Sexual Misconduct agai