Hot spots, also, all around the area of olde city road is still remain closed, every where including portions of market street, Chestnut Street tonight. Fire officials are still investigating the cause, luckily no one was injured. Just after 3 00 a. M. Four alarm blaze broke out at third and chestnut, the flames and thick smoke forced 160 people out of their apartments at 239 chestnut and guests at best western hotel. The Philadelphia Fire Department responded with 150 Fire Fighters and medics, and at this point residents believe that the fire started on the top floor of the apartment building, officials are still assessing the total damage to build goes on the block, the museum of the American Revolution was not damaged and will reopen monday the owner, little lion said shes still waiting to find out the extent of damage to his building, he has a staff of 80 people that just closed for the night before the fire erupted. We have about 80 employees. Eighty people depending on little lio
Dynamics you might expect with the popes visit. That helps with the preparation for the pope. But he adds you cant be too careful. Any time you have success in these events its always a good thing but you never want to get too far ahead of yourself. You want to prepare for the next one as well. Reporter as with any event, south street gets crowded and cops beefed up their presence here as well. I was glad they was here. They were outstanding. They really was. They made me feel safe. They made our team feel safe and secure. We had a good day. A good evening. Reporter police say this is a time for them to regroup and to evaluate what happened on the fourth. Police say this was a good tuneup for the pope and even a good tuneup for made in america. Both of those events are in september. Harry hairston, nbc 10 news. Now this is what a Million People looks like. Its the estimated crowd as pope francis held his mass today in ecuador, the first stop of his weeklong trip to south america. Earli
Nbc 10 news starts now. Right now, Philadelphia Police are still looking for the gunman who fired a bullet that stray bullet hit a 6yearold boy who was playing basketball in his backyard. Get ready for a hot and humid day. Well warm into the 90s and theres a threat of thunderstorms. 4 31 right now. Good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Already off to a muggy start out there. Youll feel it when you step out the door this morning. Lets begin with meteorologist bill henley and his first alert forecast. Its weather you can wear this morning. You do feel it thats for sure. The humidity is higher temperatures are warmer this morning. In philadelphia 77 degrees. Middle 70s for allentown, trenton, millville all at 75 and at 74 in wilmington. Were getting a warmer start than yesterday. And its going to be a hot, humid afternoon. The temperatures climbing starting off with clouds. 76 degrees at 6 00. Youll see more sunshine break through those clouds at 9 00
Bike. He was thrown onto the pavement and police say he was rushed over to temple hospital died about a half hour later from his injuries. Now, investigators are telling us this driver kept going but she was pretty quickly located, taken into custody about a mile away. This area here in hunting park is pretty industrial but there is a good amount of foot and bicycle traffic too. My reaction to this is the person should slow down and watch where theyre going. Like why would you go so fast you see a kid. Reporter now, police have not revealed the age or the name of this suspect, but again she is currently in Police Custody and the victim has still not been identified. Live in hunting park now back to you. As if the drive home from the shore isnt bad enough on a summer sunday a plane landed in the middle of the busy route to Long Beach Island bringing traffic to a crawl. Now, the small skydiving plane reported engine trouble and was forced to land in the middle of busy route 72 in staffor
We can see this lane getting by. Thats actually on the southbound side. Southbound from woodhaven road up towards the vine street expressway. Still a 14minute shot right there, 59 Miles Per Hour is the average speed. No problems headed northbound. The cars are nice and green on the schuylkill expressway through the conshohocken curve. We can expect a slowdown as rush hour gets under way, about a 20minute shot there. Otherwise, with bridge, were doing okay. Taconypalmyra bridge is clear. The burlingtonbristol, expect an opening. Its 6 01. Breaking news from overnight in france. We have learned all 18 people being held hostage during a robbery have been led to safety. No one was hurt. Three gunmen broke in a Clothing Store in a Suburban Shopping Center outside. We expect to learn if charges will be filed against the person who hit a bicyclist. Charges could be filed later on today as the daxt get. A. Gets the case. The woman was trying to pass another car on north 2nd street in hunting p