The scene of this threealarm fire here at the Philadelphia Floor company for about 2 1 2 hours. Initial reports of multiple explosions have not been confirmed, but the chief says he is currently working on a press release. So mideasthes moving all of us to one central location. But we can tell you, as you know, some flooring products are highly flammable. Ladder trucks battling this blaze from above and dozens of Fire Companies are here on the ground. Four ladder trucks in all, weve been able to count. Maybe one more has joined us now in the past half hour. The Park Companies are here from conshohocken, plymouth meeting, lower maryland, narberth. Its unbelievable the flames. We have seen flames shooting up from about three different locations inside the building but we are being moved downwind of the smoke and the flames at this point. So if youre traveling on the blue route, no doubt, the smoke is something that youre going to notice this morning. But for now, the only detours are in
Is tracking the summerlike conditions outside, and michelle, in a word sticky may be the best way to describe the weather this weekend. Yeah absolutely. We felt that yesterday and well feel it once again today. It was so humid, we had that haze all day long. Mostly cloudy skies, and then we had the thunderstorms that came through later in the afternoon. And we may see a repeat performance today. Looking outside, mostly cloudy skies this morning in philadelphia. Were also seeing some patchy fog from all that leftover moisture. So to the north and west visibilities down to a mile and a quarter in mt. Pocono down to 3 miles in allentown, down to 4 miles in alan and lancaster. Trenton, reduced visibilities down to 3 miles and mt. Holly dropping down to 2 1 2 mile. As youre out and about on your sunday morning, be careful in some spots. Good idea to use the low beams and take it a little bit slower. Temperatures are mile this morning. Were looking at temperatures mainly in the 70s in philad
Airport. 37 in millville. 38 in avalon. Cold being one of the big weather headlines today, wind being the other one. Winds gusting near 28 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia. Up to 26 Miles Per Hour in mt. Pocono. Up to 22 Miles Per Hour in millville. Another piece of the story as were tracking flurries right now, parts of Montgomery County into northern and central delaware. We may see a flurry from time to time throughout the day. Maybe even a quick shower. 9 00 a. M. 36. By noon 38 degrees. Mostly cloudy and by 3 00 39. Well below normal for this time of year. It will feel cooler than it actually is as well. A big warmup for the workweek thats coming up. Lets get back to that breaking news. We are following updates in this warehouse fire in north philadelphia. Its been burning for just over three hours now. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on the scene. Jesse, fire crews, are they making progress this morning . Reporter rosemary you can see behind me they are starting to have a little bit of
Far. Well talk about the warmup by the end of the workweek. Thats straight ahead. Investigators are working to determine what caused a fire at a vacant warehouse in philadelphia. Jesse, what are conditions looking like right now. Reporter they have been able to tamp out the vast majority of flames. With that said there are still hot spots burning within the structure. You cant see them from this particular side of the building although you can see the water that is being sprayed on to them. You can see the smoke and the water returning off down to the septa tracks. Well talk more about that in a second. There is still smoke coming from the other side of the building and there are still hot spots burning. Some of the dozens of pieces of fire equipment, though being removed as firefighters have definitely gotten the upper hand. Residents called 911 around 2 20 this morning saying flames were shooting from this 65,000 square footwear house on west westmoreland street. It was once used for
And fellow astronaut remains on the ground as part of a scientific experiment that could one day send a man or woman to mars. And the elite eight. Four more teams advance keeping the dream alive, Michigan State upsetting oklahoma next stop the final four. The best teams tipoff for that chance today, saturday march 28th, 2015. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Nice to see everybody together this morning. Lester is enjoying the morning off. You can only imagine the relief foray manned a knocks and her family seven and a half years after this case this episode. Thats true. A lot of people were surprised when the news came down overnight. Thats right. We want to get to our top story, amanda knocks. She was acquitted of murder charges by italys highest court. She spoke briefly from seattle, her home making an emotional statement how grateful she was to finally have her life back. Kelly cobiella is in rome where the ruling came down. Good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. This was a