Eyewitness News Reporter syma chowdhury spoke to residents. Reporter this is real. We need to get out. Oh my god we need to get out. Reporter residents woke up to a scary scene not one but two fires broke out in the building on the 7400 block of stenton avenue around 2 30 sunday morning. One fire was start in there a hallway on the first floor, the other also in a hallway but on the third floor. Officials say gasoline may have been used to set the fire. Question a suspect and the fire appears to be suspicious in nature. Reporter nadine lives on the fourth floor with her eightyearold son. She says the building has had many false alarms so when the smoke detectors went off many residents did not evacuate. We didnt know if we really should be going. Something said open the door to check. When i opened, i saw black smoke and within a minute it was just dark. Reporter the fire moved so quickly some residents were forced to be rescued from their balconies. Were talking down the stairs, i act
Investigation. Were live right outside of chop. Syma chowdhry, cbs3, eyewitness news. Syma, thank you. Two fires break out in the mt. Airy apartment building. Now Authorities Say they do not appear to be accidental. Firefighters returned to the Chestnut Terrace apartments on stenton avenue early sunday morning. Our cameras cents were there as crews evacuated the building. They later found evidence indicate that somebody used gasoline to start fires on the first and third floors. Most residents were sleeping when the fires broke out. We didnt know if we really should be going. Something said open the door to check. When i opened, i saw black smoke. Within a minute it was just dark. Two people were taken to the hospital. One was treated for second agree burns. Some residents are getting help from the red cross. Your time is 5 31, lets get your traffic and weather together. Heres kate. I hey, ukee, good morning, everybody, our monday will feature certainly more clouds cover than what the
Hit someone and took off and kept going. Witnesses say a car stopped to let the girl cross, but the driver hine that person decided to go around the stopped car, and thats when the girl was struck. I heard a big boom sound. I looked behind, i seen him roll over a little girl, then fly by me. Reporter sean smith driving nearby when he saw what happened. He chased down the driver, not nothing a seven year old was the one that got hit. I knew i hit somebody. I didnt know it was as little girl. So i followed, you know, as safe as i could, try to get the tag number. Smith got video of the fleeing car using his cell phone. I knew it was cents a seven year old, i probably would have stopped him. But i was just trying to get a tag number. But if i knew it was a seven year old, no telling what i would have done. Were told the girl is in stable condition. Family members hope the person who did this will do the right thing. Who ever it is, i hope man enough, woman enough, to turn yourself in. And
License plate number jky7458 and if you do see this, police ask that you do call them. Family tells us the sevenyearold girls name is aurora mclean. She ran for a ball. The car drug her outside her home on 42nd street. Then they say the driver took off. Her grandfather now pleading with that person to turn themself in. I wish you would just turn yourself in. Be man enough or woman enough whoever it is, the person that was driving that vehicle and take responsibility for your actions for what you did. Reporter now, fortunately her grandfather does say that she is now in stable condition but we are still waiting on an official update from doctors. Were live outside the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia, noel mclaren for Eyewitness News on the cw philly noel thank you very much. Also developing right now the ceo of Cooper Health system and his wife are found dead in their bedroom. This happened early this morning following a fire on meadow run driver in montgomery township. Thats in some
Pike. Each time through a rear or side window. Its believeed the culprits watch the residents leave. They steal valuables that can be stole quickly for fast cash. Everyone is aware of the heroin and opiate condition this county has. When people arent after home you have to be a little more astute and keep lights on. Reporter Police Arrested two people, lisa walter and brandon wall for alleged heroin trafficking. They believe the heroin scourge is feeding the burglary epidemic. Police describe the suspects as two thinly built young white males. We have developed a couple persons of interest were looking at for niece incidents. I love my town and i just you know, i want to take our town back. I want these bad guys locked up. Reporter police have telling the public to lock their cardias and their residential doors. Theyre calling on the public to be alert and call 911 when you see something suspicious. Live in clementon, new jersey, vernon odom, channel6 action news. Vernon thank you. Thi