Firefighters worked to save those inside. In daylight you can see the devastation from chopper 6, 160 people were inside when flames broke out 10 35 thursday night. Late this afternoon officials reported 27 people were injured, but its unclear if everyone wuls rescued or if anyone is missing or dead. Chaotic. There were folks in westchester university, some went home with family. We are trying to account for everyone. As the fire raged for hours, staff and neighbors ran to rescue seniors. They lined up outside with 40degree temperatures. The nurse came in and said, its a fire. She grabbed the oxygen and put me in the wheelchair, and we got out of there. Everybody was following us. She kept saying, come on, come on. Most of the residents have been relocated to Senior Living center in the area. Federal authorities arrived on the scene earlier today but the building is still too hot to enter. Neighbors that saw thee destruction were impressed so many lives were saved. People practice for
West chester at the site of the massive fire at the senior home. Philadelphia Half Marathon is happening this morning, thousands are taking part. First, lets get an update from chris sowers you have an update on the rain. Reporter temperatures are chilly this morning, in the 20s across the region. Clear conditions from the city points south and east, the clouds are rolling in north and west. Reading, 28. Allentown, freezing mark of 32. Youre down to 28. Millville, 27. Trenton, 29. Cape may youre presently sitting at 46 degrees. Satellite and radar well wake up to maybe a sliver of sun before the clouds come rolling on in, they will immediately lower and thicken and later this afternoon give way to spotty showers. Heres a look at Storm Tracker 6 live, set it in motion for you, the heaviest will pass on by to the north just like this, spotty stuff wont be enough to ruin the day, but enough to create damp conditions. Breezy and mild, comfortable high of 54 degrees. Sunshine giving way to
Glassboro, 31. Vineland, 26. Browns mill 28 degrees. Clouds increasing from the west. If you toward the lefthand side of the screen were seeing moisture push in across western portions of pennsylvania, bradford, pittsburgh, moderate rain. Theres a low pressure system that will pass on by to the north. Well expect showers out of that, or life brief rain this afternoon. All the reds and oranges you see there should lift to the north through the poconos and upstate new york. Forecast for today, the call from accuweather, increasing clouds, perhaps a little bit of sun thiferg first thing this morning, otherwise its a cloudy day and winds out of the 15 Miles Per Hour out of the southwest. 54 degrees is the around high. Watch out for showers right after lunch. When i come back well talk about the timing of the showers when they pull out of here and well focus on the gusty winds tomorrow and of course ill have the turk forecast in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast straight ahead in
Producing a gorgeous show. If you live east of the Delaware River in south jersey and delaware you may be able to see a little bit of color, now that the sun is climbing a little bit were losing the color. Gorgeous start to the morning. Clouds increasing from the west. You see rain and mixed precipitation out across northcentral pennsylvania. Williamsport presently reporting a little bit of light sleet and freezing rain. State college is reporting a mix bag. You go farther to the south around johns town and altoona they are seeing wintry precipitation, as well. By the time it makes its way east into the philadelphia area. Temperatures in the 40s be were not expecting mixed precipitation here, we could see showers later on. 29 in allentown, 38 in philadelphia. 30 in millville. 37 in wilmington. Forecast for today, if youre going to see the sun it will be in the next hour or two, its pretty much it. Well go mainly cloudy from 11 00 a. M. , showers this afternoon, high temperatures around
48 degrees in atlantic city. Heres Storm Tracker 6 live a little band of rain approaching from the west. You can see yellows and oranges there northwest of harrisburg and east of State College. What were seeing here, were seeing sleet pellets falling in that rain. And those sleet pellets return at higher values. Thats why were suing the across and organs oranges there. All this is sliding off to the east. A couple of showers could survive over the next couple of hours, but it will hold off until the afternoon. Heres the wider view. As you look toward the top of the scene we have white and blue showing up on the radar. That indicates wintery precipitation in wilksberre and scranton. The call today, partly cloudy, mild, winds out of the south gets up to 54 degrees later on. Be on the look out for showers after lunchtime. Ill be back along in just a few minutes, well talk about the strong, gusty winds expected for the philadelphia marathon and well have the outlook for thanksgiving day. N