11 00. 7 00 in our far western suburbs, sec at the shore. We are looking at a solid line of storms, the strongest is along the i95 corridor to the west. As it moves closer to the shore it encounters the cooler air and that helps the storms die out. With this storm the main threat is damaging winds, this is associatied with a cold front. We have a pair of 90s, todays high is 95 degrees, well talk about cooler weather coming up in the full accuweather forecast. The Philadelphia Fire Department has issued a data filled defense to its response to a tragic blaze. One day after police dragged protesters from a firehouse and the day after a fire killed four children, commissioner sawyer used timelines and 911 calls to show there was no delay. Action News Reporter john rawlin was at the News Conference and sara bloomquist is back in the newsroom. Reporter the Fire Commission under and chief of staff pushed back against critics today and said that someone, a civilian, used a fire extinguisher to try and put out a fire on the porch costing precious moments. Any time have you someone fighting a fire it causes a delayed response, while they are fighting the fire we dont get the phone call. Armed with computer maps and the second by second timeline, the Fire Department fired back at protesters that said the city was slow to respond. 2 seconds later engine 68 arrived on scene. The first talked of a sofa on fire and the next talked of houses. Seconds after that. Firefighters from the nearby firehouse were heard calling in and going to the fire. Protesters last night claim that staffers ignored pleas for help. There was none of that and you heard other people say that they are not coming, we dont care. None of that. This whole argument about dispatch is a red herring, they put themselves in as quickly as they knew what the circumstances was and they did everything the best that they could. The problem is, as we all know, sometimes we lose precious angels. Four children died in that blaze and there are still some unresolved matters in the case. For instance the city cannot say exactly when water was put on the fire, when firefighters were able to put water on the fire. As to the cause of fire that investigation continues. Thank you john. Lets switch live to action News Reporter sara bloomquist in the neighborhood. Still anguished and angered by what neighbors feel was a slow response. Do you think that residents will be swayed by what fire officials said today. Reporter its tough to convince them that the fire could not be extinguished faster. The fire station is directly behind the corner from the fire scene. We are waiting for the liberian ambassador to arrive in the United States in this largely immigrant neighborhood. He is expected to urge calm at a time of so many strong emotions. At neighborhood church, the donations continued to pour in after the fire that killed four children, people come here to pray and grieve and there is another strong emotion. Im angry because the Fire Department is right here, why they couldnt come. Im angry. We want answers. Patrick is the father of two young boys killed. They seem quick to respond to the Fire Departments response. I understand he wants to defend the fire people, but make the family feel better first, well look into it, further the investigation. Calm down. And he is upset they havent determined the cause. I want to know if there was an incident and someone to go to court and get some answers, the head of the liberian association, understands the concerns from the commune, but a violence protest is not the way to get answers. You get the time to schedule the meeting, and it comes up to some level of spending so some of the questions and concerns they have are passed on to us can be addressed. Even as this controversy continues, there is an urgent need for donations. He is on social media asking for donations and the ambassador from liberia will be here to visit with the mother of the twin girls that died and he will go to the red cross house where those displaced are still staying. Live in southeast philadelphia, im sara bloomquist, channel 6 action news. Thank you sara. The 6 abc news app has the latest on the Fire Investigation and the protest. Can you see images from the scene, a few photographs of the victims and find ways to help the families affected by the blaze other news, it happened on the school yard in perkasie, bucks county, a pair of skydivers crash landed within their chutes malfunctioned. Action News Reporter david henry is live now. Reporter those skydivers came down hard but remarkably they have survived the accident after crashing into the school yard of guth elementary. Moments before it was full of children attending a summer session. The two skydivers flew out of pennridge, they jumped from the plane, tom kohler who lives nearby. The first time a person coming out of a plane yelling woo. You know. The excitement quickly turned to terror. The main and backup chutes failed to deploy properly. It landed 20 feet from the school custodian, and he notified the School Principal and he ran to help as the staffer called 911. One had a bone protruding from his ankle and the other bleeding from the mouth and the other one was having a hard time moving his legs. Remarkably both men were able to talk. They were really hot and needed water, the school nurse was here fortunately and we went out and held off on the water because they might need surgery. It was a tandem jump, a skilled jumper and a first timer, the instructor ronald mandick from hill town had 139 successful jumps, he works for skydive philadelphia, they say they never had an accident like this before. The school kept the children inside until the scene was cleared. I hope the guys are already. Both men were flown to hospitals, and samuel is now in stable condition and mandick is still in the operating room. Live in perkasie, david henry, channel 6 action news. Thank you david. Two wave runner his to be towed across the delaware river, after the mechanical problems in eddie stone, it started within one man went for a required on the river and his wave runner stopped working and another man used another wave runner to rescue him than stopped runs ago well. They spent the night on the island in the river, both men are expected to be okay. In philadelphia, a winfield heights bar was targeted by a bandit this morning, a 68yearold employee at five points was taking out trash, forced him inside of the bar and forced him into the basement. He also took the bars security system. It took a Delaware County jury to convince a two hours to convinced mary grover, daly a doctor at ai Dupont Hospital in wilmington claimed selfdefense and accused grover of trying to run her down. Neighbors in Montgomery County that had a boil water advisory earlier this year, heard that the Processing System was overwhelmed by heavy rains but the water was not contaminated and the advisory was a precaution, she did not answer why some customers had brown water coming from their faucets, the Water Company announced they are accepting claims from businesses that lost money. Coming up the garden states blueberry crop is booming and Nora Muchanic has tips on how to pick the best batch. And its an embarrassing match for brazil in the world cup semi final. Ducis rogers has that story. The cadillac summer collection is here. During the cadillac summers best event, lease this 2014 srx for around 329 a month or purchase with 0 apr and make this the summer of style. In south jersey hammonton is known as the Blueberry Capital of the world. Farmers are working sun up to sun down to harvest the blueberry crop. Reporter farmers all over burlington county, those in tabernacle are hard at work. Farmer sam moore is thrilled with the results. Harvest is good this year, there are a lot of blueberries, great pollinating weather and made this wonderful crop they had today. Its a family affair. The love of farming is passed from sam moore jr. To sam more iii. Its the love for the land and what we do. I love berries. One picked the berry goes into a blower system that detects and removes berry that are too mall to detect. Then the conveyer belt drops berries into containers. They produced thousands of these a year. Working in the fields in this heat is not easy but when the berries are ready they have to be picked. You cannot stop, they are perishable. Unless it rains we do not stop. Unless you buy one at the markets or the pick your own farms. Look for a nice powder blue, solid firm big blueberry, that is what they want to see, nothing tiny or nothing soft or discolored. In tack tabor game to with milwaukee tonight. The phillies would like to make it two in a row, changes might be looming if they dont make a change. This games takes on added importance, not because the phillies are at the top of the standings but jobs are at stake. Ruben amaro says i didnt anticipate our guys being this poor. They are poor. At some point we have to make changes. That did not exactly light a fire with the offense. Its enough to beat the brewers, the team with the best record in the national league. Cole hamels pitched until the seventh and struck out seven. The netherlands and argentina will immediate tomorrow. Brazil was the host team today, the germans came out on fire. A score and then 20. Tony cruise, two minutes later, tony cruise again. Its 40 in case you lost track, sammy kadera, five goals in the span of 18 minutes, germany wins 71. The worst loss for a host country in world cup history. Sixers and rockets play from orlando. And they send another to play in las vegas. He went undrafted and he has a chance to live out his childhood dream to make it on to the sixers final roster. At first i didnt know if i was going to be invited. Probably be getting a call the next day and they ended up calling me. Just to get the call from your home team is real exciting. To know you have to be representing the team you are watching. Im glad to be here. Im sure a lot of kids dreamt of playing for the sixers. Cecily tynan has a stormy accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. Western suburbs get it in less than a half hour. A vicious line of storms that leading edge is what moves in, stormtracker 6 live double scan showing that it hasnt reached our region quite yet, its off to the west in harrisburg, i want to show you the line, that line is moving into gettysburg right now, its picking up its pace and moving eastnortheast at close to 50 miles per hour. Lees port and reading and honey brook and coatesville, all in the path of the storm. And then the line will continue to push to the easts and what this will do is sweep out the heat and humidity. It was oppressive today. 93 in philadelphia currently or high 95 and millville 90 and wilmington 92 and trenton 90 and allentown upper 80s but factor into the humidity, it feels like 92 in allentown and 94 in reading and dover the highest heat index, 99 degrees, and once again at the beach for the winds out of the southwest feeling nicer, the heat index only in the mid70s, that is the place to be. Stormtracker 6 live double scan showing this line of storms, the past 15 minutes, this view has more than 1200 lightning strikes, you see this box, northern pennsylvania, near syracuse, those are tornado warnings, this storm system is packing a punch and will continue to push to the east. Future tracker showing around 7 30 tonight, the far west suburbs are seeing at 9 00 into philadelphia, it pushes to the east near the coast and encounters the cooler air, it really falls apart as it moves off the coast at 11 30, the main threat is two things, lightning and strong winds with this line of storms. Also, heavy downpours and the possible of hail, fortunately for our region, the threat of isolated tornadoes is low and the highest dynamics are missing us to the north. Tomorrow morning its a bright and sunny morning, and lingering clouds, as we head into the afternoon a few showers are popping up and most of the activity is south and east of philadelphia, the cold front lingers, if you are down the shore, scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon, 81 degrees and by 3 00 a high of 85. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast, after an evening of storms tonight, tomorrow warm with a few scattered thunderstorms mainly south and east of philadelphia, if we hit that we are shy of 90, this is not an official heat wave, a mixture of sun and clouds and 86. Saturday looks to be the better of the two days, 87 degreed ain nice day for the union game, on sunday it gets more humid with thunderstorms developing late in the day, and monday warm and humid and unsettled with showers and thunderstorms, 86 degrees, and tuesday a transition day, morning clouds and perhaps a shower giving way to sunshine with a high of 86 degrees, well have some storm damage reports on action news tonight at 11 00. What a party it was today in the burhome section of philadelphia, carrie duba celebrated her retirement, there is nothing retiring about this young lady, surrounded by family and friends, she was running the show, when asked what her secret was to a long life, she said be happy. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, and ducis rogers and join us for action news at 11 00 here on channel 6. For cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire action news team. Im jim gardner, we hope youll what can i get you . 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