Extended through tomorrow afternoon. It will feel like its about 100 to 105 degrees. This evening temperatures not falling all that much staying basically in the 80s right through the 11 00 oclock hour. So coming up well talk more about the heat wave record heat in the forecast and potential for some weekend rain. We need it. My garden is scorched. Unfortunately i dont think well see a lot of it. Well talk more about that coming up later in the broadca broadcast. You and me both kathy. This extreme heat is behind some school troubles. Many schools are letting kids out earl ball its too hot. Fox 29s karen hepp is live in mayfair tonight. Early dismissal something students dont mind too much, karen. Reporter gosh, theyre cheering. Theyre so excited. We already saw with the trenton schools they had half day. Reading schools the same problems. Now it is phillys turn so the kids of course couldnt be happier. The parents sort of on the fence m say ive got scramble and get the kids. Others sa
Morning. They are in Critical Condition. We know that five people were inside the house when the flames broke out and moments ago we heard from the person who owns the home. All my kids running away, fire, fire, the fire started in the basement, we dont know how and we lost everything. That was one adult, there were four children inside all of them unharmed this morning that is the good news, but this is the dramatic video as police and First Responders provide an escort for the body of the fallen firefighter. We should be clear this morning, we do not know if the firefighter was from the Wilmington Fire Department as several others did respond to the scene, including elsmere and claymont which is known to have a special clams unit. Of course the collapse unit, of course, the home did collapse. There were many, many firefighters on scene, we do not know the identity of the firefighter, again, another look this morning as firefighters process their grief, they need standing like this al
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. First at 10 00 breakin breas stretches from philadelphias kensington neighborhood to Port Richmond. Skyfox in the air life over one of the scenes where police are gathering evidence. Shots fired by a police officer, a chase and a crash ton night one person is arrested. All of this played out in master minutes and that at one point the driver tried to ram an officer with the car. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. The details are still coming in. Lets get right tout fox 29s Chris Oconnell who is live near where this whole thing came to an end. Chris . Reporter even yann, lucy some of those details just coming into us. As you can see behind us, eighths very active scene. Let me get out of the way and show you what is exactly going on. A simple traffic stop ended up to a very dangerous situation for Philadelphia Police officers. Ended up here in Port Richmond. This is what youre looking at the end result, this su
Local kids just went back to school tis week. It will be a short week. The week getting shorter. Early dismissals. Our karen hepp shows us how things are too hot to handle for schools in the city. Here at Rhawnhurst School one of the many that does not have central air. A lot of kids are happy about having half day tomorrow. Many of the parents are not. The kids have extra big bounces in their steps but for the parents who just got the children back to school and in routines, theyre scrambling. Now i have to figure out how to get out of work early, come and pick them up. Because theres no after care when they come out early. Reporter leka minute ski teaches after care. Her program has to get extra people for the extra hours. We find so find a sub to come in were only staffed for our ratio. We have to well have to get somebody to come in and cover. Reporter one look at these cute smiling and sweaty faces you can see the problem its really hot in schools without central air. Open windows
Greeley police can tell us more about what a witness described as a shootout. Crime scene tape blocked off an area near the Village Green apartments late last night. We saw several police cars there. And officers wakling in and out of the crime scene. Police say they were investigating a shooting in the area of 26th avenue and 13th street. A witness told us he heard a loud sound last night and then looked out his window. Geoffrey vaughn went into several apartments. We called Greeley Police this morning to find out exactly what happened and if anyone was arrested. Or hurt. We havent heard back. A mesa county deputy will help save a few more lives before his death. Deputy derek geer was shot monday. Doctors say he wont survive. Before they take him off life support, geer will donate his organs. Geer was responding to a call about an armed and suspicious teenager in Grand Junction when the shooting happened. The Sheriffs Office says geer fired his taser and the 17 year old fired a gun. D