Maybe school or quick meeting. You come back out to your car and find its been towed. Tonight theres a push to stop that from happening so much. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Also tonight the owner of one of the citys biggest towing companies is setting the reporter straight. Our Chris Oconnell in Spring Garden tonight with the story. Chris . Reporter guys, if you know if you drive anywhere in the city chances are you are very familiar with signs like these all over the place. Park here you will be bet towed but some people call those people predators. Some are calling them cheaters. Well torque night, the Philadelphia City council is trying to reign in what they call rogue tow Truck Drivers. Mitchell kirschner watches where he park these days. You should. He remembers last month when his roommates car was about to ghettoed. He had to pay like 250 for them to not tow it. To not tow it . Yeah. They were like 250 or were together it. Remember back in august when fox 29 told
Today, use our senators for your purposes, enabling them to live worthy of your name. May the words they speak bring edification and unity as they build bridges of cooperation. Give them the wisdom to depart from strife, remembering that soft answers turn away anger. Inspire them to avoid contention in their search for common ground. Give them cheerful hearts and optimistic spirits. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call dispensed with. The presiding officer
The fire chief said she never experienced anything like this fire in her decades long career. Heres how a neighbor described. I pulled him out and there was a lot of stuff in the way and the flames were too much. Too much smoke and i had had to [bleep]. I had to let him and i havent sewn him. And there is flames shooting out for 30 minutes. So. I dont know. I hope, i hope hes okay. Claudia is live in oakland. Claudia, have crews got inside of the building yet . Reporter yes, it is slow going because the building is unstable and authorities brought in big lights to had help them as the sun begins to set in the west within the hour. Work is continuing meticulously. Right now the death toll is officially at nine. But the coronnor is preparing for dozens of falitalities and 25 40 people were not affected for. They were attending the oakland ghost ship and the roof collapsed and many people were trapped. The only way to travel from the second floor to the first was a stair. And many people
The fire chief said she never experienced anything like this fire in her decades long career. Heres how a neighbor described. I pulled him out and there was a lot of stuff in the way and the flames were too much. Too much smoke and i had had to [bleep]. I had to let him and i havent sewn him. And there is flames shooting out for 30 minutes. So. I dont know. I hope, i hope hes okay. Claudia is live in oakland. Claudia, have crews got inside of the building yet . Reporter yes, it is slow going because the building is unstable and authorities brought in big lights to had help them as the sun begins to set in the west within the hour. Work is continuing meticulously. Right now the death toll is officially at nine. But the coronnor is preparing for dozens of falitalities and 25 40 people were not affected for. They were attending the oakland ghost ship and the roof collapsed and many people were trapped. The only way to travel from the second floor to the first was a stair. And many people
This is complicated and it is going to take us time to do the meth methodical, thorough investigation these families deserve. And live again over the scene. Sky 7 showing you the burned out converted warehouse that was permitted to be a warehouse and not permitted for people to live there. But apparently that was going on. And thats going to be part of the post fire investigation. Crews say theyll remain on the scene for the next 48 hours as the grim task of recovering and identifying victims gets underway. Were staying with the news and bringing you latest information as its breaking news affecting our community. A quick programming note. World news is airing on 715 and over the air on digital channel 7. 2 on the abc 7 news app, as well. You can download for free. Comcast 715 and the other channels. City officials are making it clear theyre doing Everything Possible to identify the victims and contact their loved ones. But they to be realistic with, they said it could take days. Its m