This morning is a 71 senate as an early rushhour because they have a vehicle stalled off to the side. Inbound weve also see some delays an accident very busy area east 107 with two cars involved non drivable expect delays if you are headed out that way also in independents they say they are dealing with minor accidents before 77 a few slowdowns in that area coming up 77 blocking that left lane in arlington we take a look at part of the backup this is 77 at 619 it is 77 northbound once again the accident in arlington blocking the left that left lane. Still very busy from west 25th up and to the inner belt bridge. Seventyseven very town. Twentythree minutes of 90 eastbound from avon. Thank you. The top story this morning an expler e ooo eeng w heha ostck fnt e dthou powerful explosion that level this house with a fire ball that took everything out it was not just bonaparte heavy damage to the house next door it looks like as well they dont know what caused it at this. , but the common columbia gas released this message saying it it appears natural gas contributed system was at fault anyway. I spoke with the neighbor a couple of blocks away describing what 9 00 p. M. Last night. Unbelievable. Ive never seen anything like this my entire life th a yat. Ra, jessica joins us live now with more from from the longawaited and anticipated decision. Us, good morning. This is been a long two years of everyone involved 66 officers are facing disciplinary action. It was announced yesterday. Weekend deducted this with due process in it. They made the announcement six officers are fired. That includes the officer with manslaughter officers involved in the juicer disciplines, and one officer was higher that Cleveland Police union is already filed paperwork in an effort to get the fired officers back on the force. Police Union President says the officers were just reacting to their training. It is felony fleeing and eluding putting the citizens of the city at risk for 22 minutes. It is not the Police Decision to do that. It is the bad case decision to do that. And ill get beat up for same bad guy, but that is what it is. He went on to say the death of two peoples tragic but at the end of the day two people high on crack cocaine and marijuana made the decisions they did, and the police was just responding to that. He did the chilly says his forces really learned a lot from this incident we will hear from him jessica is live at the Justice Center thank you. And other news working on new standards for police dispatchers. They are considering changes made on how cleveland dispatchers handled the 2014 shooting of two man race the president called 911 and told dispatchers a guy waving a gun may have been a team with a fake weapon, but that information was not passed on to police before the shooting. The Cuyahoga CountyJuvenile Court wants to keep lookalike contest the hands of children. Starting friday, kids under supervision will be banned from having bp and colored guns bb and colored guns as long and there and spring counts they have is replica comes and around cleveland they could have probation or more of caught with one. Police arrested this 23 yearold earlier this month subject wednesday but they case against him has been dismissed. They were caught in the crossfire and killed by sitting inside the car and in september a lengthy is still on the run. Need to be a test results recent reveal the water almost all the schools and homes in sebring tested since friday is safe to drink. The epa found very high levels of lead and to all drinking fountains an old homes students will return to school today the Water TreatmentPlant Operator as it been on administrative leave right now is the Investigation Continues the epa says he did not properly notify people love the problem and even falsified documents. Long. On this wednesday morning. Shes she saved her students on lost her alliance seeing with us we will be kicking it with kenny over these most part staying thick Strong Enough to trigger some snow from western snow near detroit i dont think they will hold together if they do it will be breaks of sunshine storm fox raiders so pretty quiet and temperatures remained in the upper 20s the morning commute is looking to degrees all day long. Elyria north homes North Olmsted with breaks of sunshine wave of a couple those snow showers early to the east you to give their mostly cloudy died today around 32 called start to push back out and eventually lifting up north wind chills out of the southwest 23 with highs tomorrow in the middle and upper 30s however there is one more clipper coming in tomorrow night with a few snow showers tomorrow behind the front is going to get a lot affect tomorrow through saturday daytime highs fall back into the 30s even the low 30s he still trigger some like affect most of this out on the heart of the snow belt with the systems coming west to east not much moisture with them that by next week we factor in or worked. Daytime highs averaging above normal through next tuesday, and eventually we step out and look at the eight day, it will turn colder with the weekend dry coming into monday with the rain tuesday into wednesday from the 40s back into the 20s into the first weekend of february. It looks like donald trump will pull out of 2 miles republican debate. I am not a fan of making kelly. I think she frankly is the republican for one i was not happy with fox to his hosting the debate he one of the network to dump anchor making kelly locked horns with him blossom shields lost them she hosted a debate last night Trumps Campaign manager one was carrying protest monger sunday and is rather Authorities Say they had orders to surrender there was issued out investigators say it is not clear fired first. Ran bundy was injured bundy and several others were arrested they have occupied the wildlife refuge for nearly a month. It is not clear if they will now leave. Cyber shot at a homeless camp people died the shooters are still on the loose police say they are looking for two people of interest investigators think they were specifically targeted not because they were homeless. And Elderly School principal killed by a Runaway School Bus after she pushed her students to safety and in the an actor in yesterdays dismissal school bus jumped a curb while one at waiting for the students to hop on board the principal so to students in the buses pass and push them out of the way the bus it her killing her. She was the principal for 22 years and many now say she is a hero. A man is caught stealing a canine police cut with the police car still excuse me the in handcuffs and then there is a 45,000 bond being held. And target of software Surgery Center it shows am wearing a santa hat creeping to the holiday and whole thing ransacking each medical realm police say the man got away with about 20,000 worth of botox. And other chemicals the medical supplies. Us custom agents arrested a man they say stuff like birds in his pants Officials Say the passenger was concealing six exotic birds in a fanny pack of three more in is growing area the department of agriculture who posted this photo and even to support from other bullfighters online. He says his daughter is safest when she is in his arms which should be outside of a birdcage. To make it does i would have no say in that. You dont know what a bird is going to do. Are you kidding me . Seventeen minutes after 8 00 oclock. It is time to get plugged in on a controversial subject. The police chief and firings that amount happened the police union is now fighting will are talking about it just a little better call a lot of comments pulled over in the first place. Adam says this was the right call some voicemails that now came in. Yes, i dont believe it should take 137 shots to kill two people theres no need for anyone refilling is clip and shooting and griffin shooting and again thank you very much. Regarding this whole highspeed chase and everything i think that there is a lot of overkill i think it keeps racial tensions high in the city that we dont need. Do i think the chase was necessary . No, not to that extent. No chase shouldve been necessary. Some text account and i dont think the officers should be fire they were doing their job protecting other citizens patrick says i think just a should be served in an officer is to uphold the law not break something about possibly giving money to the settlements possibly of the children we are getting a ton of comments. We will hear from you on this topic what do you think . Should they have been fired the union says they should get their jobs back. Your thoughts and comments coming up. Facebook twitter instagram text and voice mail only. And out local movie theaters. Hearing a lot lately especially about Drinking Water in flint mexican why is that so dangerous and hardy it now if youve been exposed. A dr. From rainbow is here to explain. For the next fox eight cool school we will announce the winning the squirrels tomorrow and feature that School Next Week on fox eight news in the it is well known within the epa in the rules so its disturbing that they chose to ignore that. Thank you very much for stopping by and sharing your expertise with us this morning. Appreciate it. Thank you. Still ahead house explosion shut down schools and one northeast Ohio Community now we may straightahead. Easier than it looks maple side farms is here to teach us how to make this colorful cake using spoons. Well check in with aj. Good morning. Temperatures close to 30 right now. Snow out east have the eight day coming up. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. In your neighborhood. Welcome back to fox8 news on a wednesday. Almost halfway there. Couple of snowflakes this morning and that was out east but those are diminishing pretty rapidly here. And most of the precipitation is up to the north where we find snow downwind of all of the lakes right now. Temperatures are chilly this morning and you know the air temperature is 30 the windchill here at the lakefront currently at 20 degrees. 27 in brunswick in elyria this morning madonna 25 or a 28. Mentor checks and 29 will be 33 olmsted 28 and soul in bedford it cant canton checking in at 27. Low 30s today and snow showers clouds good deal of cloud cover tonight overnight low 23 degrees. Pretty brisk in a southwest wind. Tomorrow mid 30s scattered rain and snow showers. Little bit of a mixture there. But then once the colder air arrives it looks like a little bit of lake effect on the backside. Heres the fox a day outlook it calling for that snow to wrap up by friday morning and as we head for the weekend look at that. We are in the 40s. Not bad last weekend of january. February a chance for rain showers on february 1 on monday and groundhog day back into the 40s. More important cold coming on wednesday and well keep you posted. Fox8 your official School Closing station. Back to you. Aj thank you very much. Soft top story this morning. Classes are cancelled in the newcomers town exempted Village School district after a house exploded. Fox 8s stacey fe go hit sst ri ndoa statement earlier this morning saying they believe natural gas was involved they do not believe this system is at fault in this. How they know either of those things we dont know because police and fire are not talking to the media at this point. We know from neighbors it was an elderly gentleman who they do this house by himself whether he was home or not we do not know is just absolutely horrible people describing the explosion that shook the world it felt like. Everybody knows everybody. This is just dont even want to look at it. Its pretty wild. It reminds you how fragile life is how quickly things can nit teelide s the look on their faces as they look at what is left of this house. As soon as we get an update from investigators will pass that along but as i said columbia gas believes this was natural gas involved in seems to be indicative of the huge fireball that you saw. Why this happens nobody knows. Very scary when you dont know why it happened. All right stacey reporting live thank you very much. Meanwhile a team of investigators are working together to figure out how oil ended up in a local creek. The oil was spotted in a creek near the Cleveland Police firing range, on the citys westside. The epa has setup booms to being used to collect the sheen from the surface. Investigators will use samples of the oil, to try to find the source. They say theres a chance this was an accidental spill. There are growing concerns this morning over coyote attacks in summit county. Track and field legend jesse owens. The movie focuses on the endured before he became a champion. Jr wanted to be there with the teens to drive home some potentially life changing lessons. Im gonna tell them its more important that yourselves is giving back. More than anything anybody can go out on the streets and do wrong and not many people out doing good it is your choice try to show them the different path then theyve grown up around. Is that anything is possible and that if we work hard stick to our goals dont let anything deter our goals and work hard to achieve them then we can do anything. The boys and Girls Club Members got some photo ops with jr, along with gift bags and snacks. The movie race opens february 19th. All right. Youve heard people say it but is it true . Does coffee really cause heart palpitations . Science finally has an answer. Its beautiful, delicious and you can make it with friends. Mapleside farms is here to teach us how to make spoon cake. Ive got my spoon ready to eat it. Right kenny. I promise you penguins do i deliver or what. When we come back at the akron zoo yes indeed and it will be better than this. Welcome back. If youre looking for a fun night with friends, this could be it. It will be at. Mel wurm is here from Mapleside Farms to teach us how to make this colorful, surprisingly simple spoon cake. Hi. How are you. Always fun to be here. This is gorgeous. Such a fun technique that just about anybody can do if you are just taught how to do it. And here. Will start with a little bit. A little circle all right. Can you see that. A little circle. Circles here. Look. What angle would be best. Put the circles in there. I dont know what will be best. Lets get some more color on there. We dont want it to fall. Starts with the circle circle okay. All right. Very very easy. Look at that. Then you just push it. Look how easy that was. Do it again now that the camera is on it. Kind of drag and hold. Pretty. You want to keep doing this just as you go around the cake and you know. Recommended this little you know what i love this eight tilt table phenomenal. Comes in handy doing decorative stuff like this. You give it a try. Start on the orange. At the same time. A nice little circle right at the end. There you go. Start back up here at the yellow. There you go. Just follow the rainbow makes a nice little pattern as you can see when you go through. I had no idea if im doing this right. A fun little night. Ill do some demos as well. Tell us about the wine and sauce. Frost night well do some icing demos and then you will get to make a creation and take it home and share with your family. How fun is that. I am going to need you guys to get this on camera that im actually doing this. There you go. See. Look how easy that is. You can do it with any color. Look how fun that is. I can do this for our candles birthday party. There you go. Dont have to hire anyone for the first time. Follow the pattern all the way around. Very fun. Speaking of fun that they are always doing something at maple side farm though winter Concert Series starts this friday. And were already sold out. For this weekend. But you can buy any concert tickets online available now for any of the 14 series. Might want to get on there if you really want to get out it will be in the barn a nice intimate setting. Little bit more lowkey than we scale. And in february were doing a mystery dinner in the barn. Fun. Will be doing like paint and paint night and fun for everyone. Valentines day right around the corner. You can do this with your valentine or theres a lot of fun stuff. She will hook you up. Taking orders for wine bottles chocolate wine bottles were a big hit for christmas and new years. New years was great valentines day chocolate and wine goes with everything. When you signup for the class valentines day. For sure. All of the information check out frost and wine at Mapleside Farms. Theyll be making the spoon cake on thursday, february 11th from six until eight oclock. Head to fox8. Com and click the morning show tab. For all of the details. Did a good job makes me want to keep going. Thank you. Thank you so much always fun to coming up on fox eight. Her weight is down and the companys stock is up. Oprah winfrey reveals how much she lost on weight watchers. Some much Colder Weather blowing into town. Ajs up next with a chance of snow, in the 8 day forecast. Good morning kristi plugged in continuing conversation about the officers fired in the city of cleveland as a result of the 2012th chase and a lot of comments coming and well get to good morning everyone at the akron zoo previewing penguin to lose up. Made it to the penguins thank you Mother Nature for the light. Hanging out with mike good morning first of all you have vitamins where not going to take them. Every morning we have to give the penguins vitamins what vicki when we have frozen fish they lose a lot of vitamins. And any vitamin and b vitamin. Put that in the fish. Mickeys got a different type of fish than what we have but wed put it directly in the fish theyll take it usually. And were able to give them the vitamin and get them the good fish and keep them nice and healthy. Were going to make it rain. This is how yo