Room explode mrs in to fire wit seconds. First floor would be, you know, in excess of 1,000 degrees with zero visibility. Reporter but as the firefighters were leave, somehow lewis became trapped. Fire Officials Say lewis it did make a heydmay day call, but it money if her personal Alert Systems device went off. It would loudly alert everyone that she was trapped and help to give her location. The fire commissioner says that will be part of a federal investigation. This is uncanner investigation. We weve collected all of the equipment and alarm. Reporter the philadelphia fire marshal, he will be investigating trying to determine exactly what caused that fire in the basement and exactly how that firefighter got trapped. Harry hairston, nbc 10 you news. Now to lu ann cahn live in lawncrest. And youve been learning more about Joyce Craig Lewis. Tell us. Reporter Joyce Craig Lewis normally worked out of Engine Company 64 where you see the glass bunting. I was just talking to a fellow firef
Your evening commute, which is why tomorrow will be a first alert weather day. For south jersey and the shore, starting off mainly as rain and then switching to more of a mix then to snow. Starting a bit later. Closer to 3 00 to 4 00. Roads will be the concern tomorrow, even sidewalks. You want to take your time. Coming up, ill take a closer look at snowfall totals and let you know when all the snow will move out of our region. Thats coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. Thank you. Winter is the time of year many School Administrators dread. Snow, ice, freezing rain can all complicate the trip to and from school for thousands of students. Nbc10s doug shimell is live in norris norristown. Tomorrows snow is already creating a challenge there. Reporter exactly. When you have snow coming during the school day, it creates a real dilemma for administrators. On the one hand they want to try to get in as full a school day as possible. On the other hand, safety. If the snow is falling
Forecast. Not too bad this morning, bill. Not too bad. We should be in the 20s in the morning and thats where we are right now. The wind is kicking in to south jersey, but its not blowing in clouds this morning. The temperatures are falling right now. Just down to 29 degrees in philadelphia. Thats down 1 degree in the last hour. Allentown, 26 degrees. A cold start but well see bright sunshine today. 26 at 7 00. By 9 00 closer to 30 degrees and the middle 30s at lunchtime and climbing. Well go through it hour by hour with the future weather when im back in ten. Lets get back to the breaking news now with a crash on a major roadway in philadelphia. Jesse gary is live in Oxford Circle. Jesse, where are you and what is happening there . Reporter chris, along the boulevard here, just minutes ago a flatbed truck removed the most serious damage from the twovehicle crash here on the boulevard. And now the southbound lanes have been reopened. Traffic is moving again. Well look at the video now
Now well check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you, bill. Skyforce 10 just getting into the scene of this accident we have been following this morning in Chester County. This is the route 30 bypass westbound just past route 340. And i mentioned the fact that it involved an overturned tractortrailer but the traffic was getting by. It looks like this one just overturned off the highway. This is the first time i sam seeing this. So you can see that tractortrailer southbound off the roadway. The right lane is blocked because of the emergency officials responding to the scene, but as you can see in the live picture, the left lane is still open with traffic getting by with one lane out there, but it is not too early. We are not seeing a big delay there in the morning eastbound on the route 30 bypass. Take route 30 so get around that accident. A portion of roosevelt boulevard remains closed following flooding from a water main break in the middle of the high
Looking good on 422 between route 29 and 76 in both ways taking you eight to nine minutes. And happening today, repair crews will return to the scene of this water main break. Jillian told us about this 24 hours ago in bustleton. Its a problem to shut down roosevelt boulevard during yesterdays morning rush. A big backup because of this. Crews did reopen all but one lane of the highway last night. They will try to get the other lane open this morning. 5 31 now. Powerball dreams are growing big as the giant jackpot has grown to 485 million. And theres still a chance to climb higher. Stores will be busy today with people hoping to win big. Look at this we fired up the countdown clock here with less than 17 hours now to get your tickets. If someone wins tonight, it could be the Third Largest annuity prize on record. Cay citykaty zachry is live outside of a place in winwood that has been lucky before. Reporter yes, it has been lucky before. We have come to know the employees inside this sun