At least twice before. Theres a possibility the power lines were hooked up illegally. Lets look at the first video. I just talked to one of the distraught relatives, a grandfather of the teen who loves his life. They say there was no electric Service Inside the home, that the victim and his mother share. His mother is currently in the hospital in an unrelated matter. They say they were both living by candlelight, and that may be the cause of the fire. Now, firefighters found the body of an 18yearold male in a first floor front room. Neighbors tell me they were alerted to trouble by an orange glow outside their windows this morning. I saw the flames over the side window. The smoke wasnt in my house enough for the alarms to go off. Reporter fire Officials Say it took crews a half hour to put out the blaze and there were working smoke detectors inside the row house. They are trying to determine why the teen was unable to get to safety. The fire commissioner was deeply affected by the loss
Saturday night im walterer pest. Charges are filed in the hit and run that killed a seven threeyear old grandfather. Life saving missions, student nurse dose their part to help people in west africa, dealing with the ebola virus. But the big story on action news is brutal dog attack in delaware. Young daughter of the newark city councilman was severely injured by a pit bull inside the family home. Tonight we are learning how her older sister may have saved her life. Action News Reporter Kenneth Moton is live at the scene with the full story, kenneth. Reporter well, walter we know councilman todd russell and his wife are by their daughters side at the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia we also know after this dog attack, here inside of the home a few hours ago the eight yearold was flown from ai du pont in critical condition. We are told that doctors are trying to safe her arm. This is the scene in newark, minutes after a police say a violent encounter with the family dog almost turned
86 degrees yesterday afternoon. We had brilliant sunshine all weekend long, but overnight, some clouds have started to move into the area. Well see some sunshine today, but its never going to be as clear as what we enjoyed saturday and sunday. Thats a live, dry view of center city from the adventure aquarium. What we will see is a little bit of fog to begin with. Fog is showing up in parts of delaware and south jersey, but most of the area is fogfree this morning, and well see temperatures starting off in the 60s. Just some light fog forlan caster and bluebell. No problem for wilmington or philadelphia, but mt. Holly, the visibilitys down to two miles, and theres dense fog millville has seen improvement in the last half hour, now fivemile visibility there. Temperatures, they have cooled down this morning. Were seeing readings that have dropped into the 50s, but mainly in the 60s. 64 for philadelphia, trenton and wilmington in the low 60s to start with. So, weve got some clouds coming i
Mostly because it takes the place of milk and the calcium children need for bone strength. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, september 29th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Im so glad its International Coffee day and it falls on a monday. And i think we can have a barista here with us all the time, which we actually have today. Very excited about that. Yes. Youre working an me. Ill get there. Im trying coffee from all over the world this morning. Im not a coffee drinker, even though im a morning guy. Youre naturally an a caffeine high. Ive got a twinkle in my eye. Well begin with damaging storms bearing down on an already hardheight region. The southwest. In particular, phoenix right now. Look at that, folks. This weather has just been battering the region there. Heavy rains, winds up to 75 miles an hour. Abcs rob marciano has been keeping a close eye on these storms on the move. Reporter so much for the desert southwest. Another round of heavy rain and
Came around another car and basically hit her than ran over her, stopped, looked back and seen he hit someone or she hit someone and took off and kept going. Whoever it is i hope you are manor woman enough to turn yourself in. The driver is man of medium build with facial hair. Well bring you updates as that information becomes available. The other story the death of the president and ceo of camden based Cooper Health systems. 72yearold John Sheridan and his wife were killed in a fire and tonight the circumstances surrounding their deaths are under investigation. Firefighters discovered their bodies early this morning in their home in Montgomery Township Central Jersey. Kenneth moton has more details from Cooper University hospital tonight. Reporter there are a number of questions tonight about that deadly fire scene. While investigators work to figure out what happened here in camden, cooper is remembering his leader responsibility for the major growth of this campus. Those who enter