Neighbor harold lion was there. Young kid about 13 he landed on his feet and his dad came down, right after this. And landed right on his head. Reporter sources tell cbs3 Eyewitness News the fire is labeled suspicious. Several traces of an accelerant were found on the scene. Bren that henry says that something was wrong. It was coming from the first and third floor. It sounded like it was from the fire box. Reporter on top of that fire commissioner derek sawyer said there were no working smoking alarms. Required to have an alarm system and smoke alarms. We found neither. Reporter he praised actions of two guys who took action right away. I think that is great that they did that to save lives. It is justin stink, you know. Reporter well, 18 people in total have been displaced by this fire and 11 of them are being assisted by the red cross. Coming up at 6 00 oclock we have a lengthy interview with the owner and landlord of this building, and they claim that the fire alarms were not worki
Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im vai sikahema. Lets get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast this morning. Hey, bill. Hey, vai. Fog thick at the shore. Other areas light fog just inland from beach avenue the fog is not too bad. Visibility is not all that bad in south philadelphia. You can see its reduced. See the fog showing up over Citizens Bank park. The fog is down to 1 2 mile visibility. Wild Wildwood Airport has it as well. The temperatures unusually warm. 72 degrees is our normal high temperature. Look at northeast philadelphia, 72 decrease right now. We should be in the 50s leer. About 20 degrees above normal this morning and its going to be another warm day today. Fog will be thinning out. Well see some breaks of sunshine as we head into the afternoon hours. The temperatures will be climbing. During the afternoon theres a chance well see some showers. Well go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when im back
Dense fog at the shore. Theres a chance youll need your umbrella, not this morning but this afternoon. Radar, nothing to show you just yet. We will see some sunshine right through the afternoon but its going to be hours before we see any sunshine break through. The temperatures have dropped into the 60ed and 70s. A very warm muggy start. 72 degrees in northeast philadelphia. The forecast is calling the fog to thin out. 72 degrees by 9 00 and 77 degrees at lunchtime today. As we go into the afternoon, well see that chance of showers. Back with your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. Right now its monday morning. Find out how the commute is shaping up or precommute. Jessica boyington in the first alert traffic center. Good morning. Driving the vine street expressway good news no crews on the scene at 24th street. We are still losing out the right hand shoulder east or westbound. Thats roadblock cages there. Theres no crew actively on the scene. All crews getting by. 95 to 75 on the s
Walt whitman bridge this morning northbound from 55 up to that spot still only a 5minute trip. The same if youre headed southbound. Speaking of area bridges, we just looked at the walt whitman bridge coming off of 42. No problems on the betsy and clear on the ben franklin bridges except for the right hand lane being lost. Well check in with 95 and some times coming up in 10. Breaking news in Mercer County where crews appear to have control of an apartment complex fire in east windsor. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live on the scene. Matt, what have you learned and whats happening now . Well tracy, within the past few minutes weve seen some of the firefighters go up there with chain saws and get through the roof of this building. Im going to get out of the way. We have not seen any flareups for an hour now. Youll see theres a lot of firefighter activity. The firefighters are rolling up some of the hoses you see on the front lawn of this apartment complex. This is the Windsor Castle apartment.
First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Good mornings jessica. Good morning, bill. Good morning, everyone. We are dealing with a downed pole and wires in parkwood closing the intersection of woodhaven road and byberry road. Police activity on the scene. To get around take academy road to get through the area. As we take a check on 422, trooper road eastbound side right here. This is what generally tends to jam up later on in the morning hours. Eastbound, an 8 minute trip. Currently no problems from woodhaven road to the vine only 12 minutes. No problems headed southbound on the blue route. Ill check in with magsss transit coming up in 10. Following breaking news in Mercer County where fire hit an apartment complex in east windsor. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live. About an hour ago it looked like the fire was out and in the last report it looked like it flared back up again. Reporter since then, vai, we have not seen any flames just a little bit of smoke. Real quick, im going to ge