Newbury street you can see smoke coming out of the budding. I was only about a half black away. I said this is a real tire. Reporter steve saw it all unfolding as he and dozens of others stopped to watch the Boston Fire Department battle the blaze and overcome the thick smoke. The smoke billowing is almost as scary as seeing the flame because it seems like something is building in there and you dont know if there will be a blow out. Reporter the fire started on the first of this four Story Building which houses a apartment units. Nobody was injured but boston fire Officials Say the fire caused nearly 1 million in damages. It locked like they got in there pretty quickly. They put the ladder up and broke into that first floor and you can see flames erupt so we werent sure. They seem to have the situation under control right from the get go of the Fire Department. Now witnesses say one of the big problems was those fire crews trying to get to the scene here. Newbury street has parking on
Humidity impact. You can see the uncomfortable and oppressive areas are not that far south, and they will be moving in for the latter part of the week. We will start to feel the difference tomorrow and as it moves in, the chances of getting a couple showers and thunderstorms in the area mo then there could be a few additional ones in the late afternoon. We will check more on that and tell you all about the heat and humidity in a few minutes. Ben now at 5 30, state police trying to figure out why a driver on the mass turnpike last night was going the wrong way. Jc it led to an horrific crash in southborough near the i495 interchange. The wrongway driver was killed and 4 others hurt. Newscenter 5s David Bienick is live with what the statistics say about these kinds of crashes. David . David good afternoon. State police of the driver pike here at exit 11a. Then travelled about a mile before making a fatal mistake. This mangled piece of metal is all thats left of a ford focus, that state p
. Reporter he is. He was released on his undercut since. An attorney was also able to argue against his client being issued a gps monitor. Steven mcdonald facing to rape charges among others. The paraprofessional sexually abused a disabled student, a 16yearold boy, last year. He would help the student used thhr the attorney called the indictment troubling. The story that is being told by the alleged victim is an unbelievable story. It will all come out at trial. Reporter Stephen Mcdonald as a married father of two, both boys, both attend malden high school. Heather thank you. Bridgewater police have released approached them and asked them to play pokemon go. They said no. It happened on lady slipper road over the weekend. Police have been going doortodoor in the neighborhood, looking for anyone who might have seen something. Ed breaking at 4 30. The red sox have canceled tonight David Ortiz Bobblehead night. Heather we have the details at fenway. Reporter i just spoke to several upset
Other people and youre out, youre going to be jogging or walking, were asking people to do that. The Reporter Police say Vanessa Marcotte was jogging alone sunday afternoon, along brook station road when she disappeared. I got the robo calls last night, just saying there was a missing woman, 27 years old. The reporter for hours, Police Searched a k9 unit finding marcottes body in the woods, just a half mile from her mothers house. Tonight, investigators are laser focused on a three hour window sunday afternoon between they believe marcotte was killed. Sources tell fox 25, investigators are looking in to the possibility marcotte was sexually assaulted and set on fire. Just awful. I feel awful for them and im concerned about the safety of my family as well. The reporter according to her social media accounts, marcotte was an avid runner and very close with her mother, shower chances she was visiting for a long weekend. Investigators say marcotte grew up in lempster and graduated from Bos
Changes coming up. High heat, high humidity. Take a live look over boston. Clear skies but still pretty dark considering it is 5 00 a. M. The sunrise is at 5 45, and every morning we are losing a couple minutes. By august 23, the sun wont be up until 6 00 a. M. The days are shrinking, as you know. Clear skies everywhere, just a couple patches the fog as you head out the door. Temperatures are pretty comfortable, holding at 70 in town, but otherwise 50s and 60s. 57 as you head out this morning. Clear skies thanks to highpressure overhead. This will slide eastward over the next 24 hours and allow more humid air to work in. Enjoy today, the last comfortable day for a while. Boston. Upper 80s to near 90 further inland, but the humidity is still comfortable. We will check the humidity coming up. Lets get you out of the roads. Olessa good morning. So far it is a quiet start on the pike. This is a check by allston brighton. No problems are now. Lets see whats left of the construction; not muc