In West Philadelphia this morning, nbc10s Monique Braxton is on that. Monique. Reporter tracy, firefighters remain here on the scene in the 5100 block of funston. To douse hot spots and also checking on other locations of hot spots. Weve been told by fire investigators that squatters were inside this vacant home. They also found what is believed to be an illegal hookup for electricity. But right now, the cause of the blaze remains under investigation. Weve been told by fire investigators that one philadelphia firefighters suffered a minor injury. He was burned on his wrist also there are no other injuries to report at this hour. But right now, firefighters are at this scene continuing to pry back some of the vinyl siding thats here on the scene and find out exactly what sparked the blaze that started about 4 00 this morning. Fire investigators told us that the fire was under control at 4 19. Right now, close to a dozen firefighters are still here on the scene. Were going to continue to
Look at the 50s for pottstown and doylestown. Its 63 in roxborough. And south philadelphia, 70 degrees. The bus stop forecast, 7 00 this morning, a much cooler start to the school day, 67 degrees with sunshine. Upper 80s this afternoon. Humidity takes a break today but not so much tomorrow. Well go neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back. But first jillian mele has traffic. Good morning, bill. A live look at 76. This is the westbound side of schuylkill avenue, west of city avenue. Give it another 30, 35 minutes and is this going to be a muff different scene. I anticipate the delays starting to build between 6 30. Drive time looking good 14 minutes both way between the blue route and the vine. The vine is clear so is the blue route. We still have an accident at new hanover at hoffmansville road and layfield road. Weve had this fire that were dealing with on funston street, between 53rd. So far, were not reporting any majors with problems. Mass transit on schedule. The School Year
Afternoon. So, thats the good news. 77 will be our high. Typically about 80 degrees this time of year, 81 degrees. Look for a mix of clouds and sun and cooler today with less humidity. Thats your neighborhood forecast. Lets get a check of your monday morning traffic with katy zachry. Good morning, katy. Hi, tedd. Something just came into our system, affecting drivers in south philadelphia. Route 1, roosevelt boulevard southbound right near tyson avenue. Three lanes are blocked because of a tractortrailer accident. So, youre going to want to take the outer lanes around there. Again, three lanes are blocked because of a tractortrailer accident. The inner drive around that is closed, so take the outer drive if youre going on route 1 southbound near tyson avenue. A tractortrailer accident just happened a short time ago. Other parts of route 1 looking good. This is in bucks county at pennsylvania avenue. And also for bucks county drivers, a longterm construction project in middletown townsh
Clouds, but thats a gorgeous sunrise shot. A lot of the clouds will be hugging the coast for the day today, and expect windy weather there, too. Outside right now, 68 degrees already for philadelphia. Cooler in the Lehigh Valley at 57 degrees, mt. Holly 63 and dover at 71. Heres the bus stop forecast. Well stay in the high 60s this morning, all the way to 9 00 a. M. Partly to mostly cloudy skies at times, and then were expecting more clouds by the afternoon. Temperatures about 78 degrees when we should be about 81. Mostly cloudy and cooler for your monday. Thats your latest on the weather. Lets get a check of your monday morning traffic now, katy zachry. Good morning. Hi, tedd. There is a tieup on route 1 southbound near tyson avenue for drivers, affecting school traffic. Route 1 southbound near tyson avenue, a tractortrailer accident is affecting traffic on the inner lanes. There are two inner lanes blocked off to traffic. I would say just avoid that one inner lane that you can get by
Front and High Pressure coming in from northern new england. And suppressing the cloud cover and bringing in more comfortable air with lower humidity. So this evening for friday night, looking good at 7 00, 86 degrees. 83 at 8 00. 80 at 9 00. And back into the upper 70s at 10 00. And here is the weekend outlook. Saturday warm and not as humid, with temperatures in the upper 80s. And we take in the upper 80s on sunday, but it turns very muggy. Heat ind indices in the 90s for monday. And when we come back we talk about the full accuweather forecast. And getting more active next week. And more coming up. Enjoy the weekend. If your headed out for the weekend take accuweather with you if you go. And download the stormtracker app for smart phone or be an app apple stores. And lebron james going home it talking to Sports Illustrated and why he took his talents to where it started. He left the Cleveland Cavaliers for miami four years ago and they burned his jerseys in outrage. And today, celeb