There. Fortunately were told no one else was found inside that home so we are looking at one fire fatality. Now deputy chief michael spoke to us earlier this morning and tells thaws freezing temperatures made for a difficult job for these volunteer Fire Fighters as water was freezing just ad soon as it hit the ground. We have encountered a lot of ice, and crews are walking briskly on the ice. We were able to get salt down right away but were waiting for the major salt trucks to get here to help us out. Reporter as for the cause of this fire that is still being investigated. You can see crew is still on the scene trying to figure out what exactly went down here on providence road. That is latest live from yeadon Delaware County Nicole Brewer cbs3 Eyewitness News. All right, thank you. Happening today a Catholic Grade School in northeast philadelphia is closed for the day after several students called out sick. Nazareth Academy Grade School Posted the announcement on their web site. Scho
Them to this fire. It was just too late for that one elderly woman. We did speak to the deputy fire chief when we first arrived here on the scene. He said freezing temperatures made for a difficult scene here for Fire Fighters with slippery conditions, and threat of freezing lines. We encountered a lot of ice and crews are walking gingerly, as you can see, on the ice. We were able to get salt down right away but were waiting for the major salt trucks to get here to help us out. Reporter i did speak with the fire marshall a short time ago and tells me they are still working to find the cause of the fire. Meanwhile were told it started in the Front Porch Living room area on the first floor of the home. The elderly woman who died in this fire was living on the third floor. It appears she may have been trying to get out once she succumbed to her injuries in the front porch area that is latest live, nicole brewer, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you for bringing us up to date. Also this morning
Electronics, a large device spotted nearly falling out of the back of the car. Now, again, that second suspect is still at large. Police searched the immediate area there including area near the grand View Apartments. We are expecting an update from Bensalem Police later on this morning. Reporting live outside Bensalem Police Department Jan carabao for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Heres is what happening in yeadon Delaware County a elderly woman dies in the fire, three others escaped the flames. It happened in the 1800 block of providence road. Eyewitness News Reporter Nicole Brewer joins us on the scene with the details nicole good morning. Reporter good morning to both of you. We spoke to the fire marshall a short time ago and he tells me there were in fact working smoke alarms inside this home and that helps three elderly folks get out the safely unfortunately it did not help an elderly woman a 76 yearold woman living on the third floor. In yeadon Delaware County an elderly woman was found
This. My personal commute in was in the bad at all the road crew did his a fantastic job, my driveway was slick because we didnt get a chance to get rid of the snow on that but that is what you want to be watching out for those residual places where there may still be spots that are slick. Youre witness take planner eventually brightens up with time. We should get to a ease nal 40degree high. I do want to touch on the head lines. Even though we are seeing a brief break today and tomorrow we are watching coast for saturday. Yep, a new coastal storm is definitely brewing and there will be likely another shot for snow on monday. So winter is Getting Started if you thought it wasnt going to come at all. Lets check on how things are looking right new in the wake of the yesterdays system. For that we will go to meteorologist Carol Erickson with the cbs3 mobil weather lab, hi carol. Well, i thought we could hide out forever and apparently we cant and sunday was i grim remind are of that. We a
Fire fighters. We have encountered a lot of ice and crews are walking gingerly on the ice. We were able to get salt down right away, but were waiting for the major salt trucks to get here. Reporter smoke alarms alerted occupants of the home to the fire allowing the victims three elderly relatives to get out safely. Now they are staying with family as Fire Fighters finish the job as investigators work to find a cause. And back here live you can tell crews have since left the scene. So pretty clear here other than restoration crews looking at that age, again they imagined to get out of the side door but unfortunately that 76 yearold woman was stuck on the front porch. The investigation is still underway. The cause of the fire is still unknown. That is latest from yeadon Delaware County, Nicole Brewer for Eyewitness News at cw philly. Nicole, thank you. 703 67 89 lets head outside to the sky deck and katie you were saying less wind today. Less wind and that means even though it is still c