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Serious problems. Pouring through that wall actually all the water was pouring in. Wind gusts not just bone chilling but destructive. I guess mighty arctic wind 55 miles an hour the lord blew off the steeple. We have
Live Team Coverage
of this arctic blast. Broken pipes, black ice the possibility of hypothermia the weather creating serious threats tonight. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. It is definitely
Severe Weather
and we have
Live Team Coverage
. Fox 29ss brad sattin and dane kinchen looking into the damage and problems blamed on the winter blast. We begin with meteorologist caitlin roth. Unbearablely cold day. Thats thanks in part to the wind how long all day keeping wind chills below zero. And that is no exception as we head into another very very cold night. Wind chills advisories out for the philadelphia area south jersey and delaware until 11 a. M. On monday. That is wind chill warning for
Lancaster County
back up through the poconos the warning is little bit more advanced than the advisory meaning in those
Higher Elevations
it will feel even colder. Now right on the heels of this brutal cold tomorrow morning weve got a winter storm watch out for almost the whole area the exceptions are northern tear of suburbs in pennsylvania. This is monday night into tuesday were now we are expecting several inches of snow to accumulate mainly south south of philadelphia but still impacting everyone for the
Tuesday Morning
rush as we head back to work after a long holiday weekend. Temperatures out id are outside 12 degrees in philadelphia. Seven in pottstown. 94 allentown. Up. Poconos air temperature seven below. Current winds still 15 to 20 miles an hour and the gusts are still over 30 miles an hour at times earlier this morning we had many reported wind gusts over 50 and 60 miles an hour. So it makes it feel like its 31 degrees below zero up in the pocono mountains on a very popielarski weekend. Feels well below zero everywhere in our viewing area and it will remain that way overnight tonight. So early tomorrow morning if you do have to go to work you are looking at wind chill values at 6 00 a. M. At 15 below in philadelphia. 30 below in the mountains and it feels like 14 to 15 below down the shore too. So this is dangerous cold frost bite can occur quick physical youre outside for too long. We are also looking at breaking a record for tomorrow morning. Two is what we have to hit. I think well do it although the will be close here in philadelphia that record stands from 1888. Much more on the snow that is still to come in your seven day forecast. Lucy and iain. Indicatekatelyn. Losing heat in your home would be a dangerous issue tonight as well. Fox 29s brad satin live at penns landing with a look at what emergency workers and repair crews are doing to keep you safe. Hopefully you and the crew havent been out too long. Just for a few seconds. We look for the coldest of the cold place around philly and found it here along the
Delaware River
at penns landing. You can see the flags really going here. Imagine this f your freezer is probable set at 0 degrees. Which you wouldly be nicely warming up if you last this cold to go in the freezer. Dangerous conditions today and earlier today almost turned dead. This is man where his man was calling home under a bridge along i95 in wilmington. He wasnt really sheltered from the wind. The wind was blowing right through there like a tunnel. Answering a 911 call, firefighters tried to convince him to get out of the cold but he wouldnt leave so they left to return to find him in serious trouble. He was obviously cold, shaking very quiet. His hands were swollen. Extremely white. A little disoriented. Reporter suffering from hypothermia, they got him to the hospital in time. 30 minutes or less thats all it takes for frost bite in this kind of cold. We didnt have heat all night night. Reporter
Esther Fisher
and her son are warmed up now after a very rough night. Had lot of stuff on. I was freezing. Reporter their heat went out in their germantown home last night and thats not the worst of it. Their home caught fire this afternoon. They dont know whether it was electrical or the furnace. Reporter not easy being a firefighter in the coldest temperatures of the year. Hot chocolate only helps so much much. It takes a lot of salt to prevent all the water here from freezing. Restoration crews have been working nonstop answering the call to clean up after fires and floods. Very busy. A lot of pipes breaking because of of the cold weather. See right there thats where the water just pouring out through. Report this
Surveillance Video
yo showing a pipe burst in kensington water shooting out of this underground hole. It was just repaired not before flooding the base. Of the home next it to. Pouring through that wall actually all water was pouring in. A second pipe ruptured. Copper piping replaced. This master plumber had
Pretty Simple
slice could save i was fortune. Good inn sewell laying would have helped. Doesnt cost that much in local store and make sure that if you dont have no heat in your basement make sure you insulate the pipes. All bad news tonight. The good news is there are a lot of local agencies out there to hope help people one of the biggest is project home and out
Reach Program
for homeless folks on normal night they may get seven or eight people. As of last night they got about 40. Thats working well as well as the red cross salvation army, all trying to find people a warm place to stay tonight. Iain and lucy. All right brad, thank you. The extreme cold is believed to have played part in the death of a 66yearold woman in ocean county. Olivia we feet neato found dead in lakewood this morning. She left the home last night to go to her own house a couple doors down, but she never made it. The neighbor said she had attend add benefit with her and she had consumed several click beverages. Exact cause of death is still under investigation. A local congregation thankful no one got hurt when high winds brought down the steep p. M. At their church in the middle of bible study in northeast philadelphia today. Fox 29s dave kinchen has the story. Reporter a shock from above for a small congregation inside
Burholme Baptist Church
when the steeple collapsed and crashed to the ground. I guess with the mighty arctic wind 55 miles an hour the lord blew off the steeple and the bell tower. Reporter the reverend says the church what its bible study hour when the 86yearold steeple with the wooden frame gave way. Get this. We didnt hear it which we cant believe. Reporter it landed between the church and the
Dunkin Donuts
next store. It was written up as unsafe with love damage caused by the collapse. Its always been in very good shape. The act of god with those winds it just it couldnt handle it it. Reporter crews actually placed tape around here roping off his area. It is considered unsafe at this time. There was a company doing emergency repairs on the steeple area but they still have to wait for an assessment before the church is considered safe again. Lucy . Thank goodness nobody was hurt dave, thank you very much. The destruction did not head there. They pack the power
Tropical Storm
force winds. The wind took down part of that massive tree landed on part of a apartment building. No one is hurt and in
Delaware County
a terrifying close call for a family. Whipping winds tore down a tree it crashed through their new
Newtown Square
home. Even witness winds calmer tonight its still dangerously cold and people weve been talking with have some advice. Stay in the house. Put your heat on 80, 90, get you some chicken noodle soup or enjoy. 80 or 90 kind of like a sean in. Philadelphia
Streets Department
caused the wind chilling lifethreatening. Just stay inside. Before you walk out the door in the morning join fox 29 morning news begun day philadelphia for everything you need to get going going. Now, since its president days if youre lucky enough to have the day off watch the good day forty two crew from four to 10 00 a. M. Developing right now
Philadelphia Police
trying to figure out why a teenager jumped on top of a moving car and their looking for anybody who saw what happened in the mayfair neighborhood. Police say a small white car was driving down levick street friday night around 11 15 when a 16 year old got on top of the car but he fell off as the driver continued down the street street. The boy died. Police found the driver but theyre still looking for any witnesses. Were expecting new information tomorrow about crash that killed two teenagers it happened last night in north
Pottstown Pike
in north ship road in ukee lynn township. A pickup truck a mini van while trying to make a turn. Two teens were thrown in the from the mini van and kill. Driver fancier of the truck under arrest. No word on what charges they may face. Authorities are promising a
News Conference
tomorrow. Breaking right now egypt is vowing to avenge the be heading of christian egyptians at the hands of it appears oy sis. The president says his country will choose the necessarily means and timing to avenge the criminal killings. Terrorists call themselves the trip e province have released a video showing the beheading of the 21 men it is yet to be verified but theyve been
Holding Christians
for weeks and for weeks threatened to kill them. The men had gone to libya looking for work egypt has declared a seven day mourning period. Meanwhile, protesters in cairo taken to the streets upset over what they say is government inaction and trying to save the men. New details coming in tonight about the man
Danish Police
sauced carried out two deadly attacks. Officers killed him a shoot out. He was already on their radar. Gunman shot through the windows of a
Cultural Center
holding free each event yesterday. His target was a swedish cartoonist drawn caricature of the prophet of mohammed. They wounded three
Police Officer
. Authorities say he then attacked again at a synagogue killing a jewish man and hurting two more
Police Officer
s. He was born no deck narcotic involved in a violent gang and interested in militant islam. I dont know right now in the perpetrator has been traveling to conflict zones such as syria and iraq of course that is a part of the investigation. Danish police say the gunman may have been imitating the deadly terror attacks in parish at the
Charlie Hebdo
newsroom an
Kosher Grocery
store last month. Faa announcing new rules for drones. It will will take couple of years for the rules will take effect. They will allow for drone use. The rules will open an err err rash small commercial
Unmanned Aircraft
can inspect bridges and cell towers. They will not a loan drones at night or close to an airport and they probably will not allow drones to deliver packages or pizza. Drivers are telling fox 29 investigates they, too got tainted gas from a local service station. It comes in the wake of a fox 29 report just last month and drivers are not happy. I was shocked. This is a first time that ive ever gotten bad gas. Drivers getting repair costs covered and whats the county doing about it . Fox 29 investigates is straight you head. Think about this one. Youre on plane and what do you run into . A dangerous stowaway. A scorpion stings on commercial flight. The oscar mayer wean near mobile running into serious trouble. The crash on the pennsylvania road just ahead. Frozen roads out there tonight, iain. Cold and wind has dominator the weather story today and tonight but it is clear. However winter storm starting to gather strength over the
Tennessee Valley
parts of the south. That will move into our area and bring us some of accumulateing snow. Ill have all the details next in your seven day forecast. So you dont see this too often. Oscar weiner mobile smashed up. It happened in central pennsylvania earlier today. Somehow or another the driver lot of control and smashed to into a pole. No one is hurt and no word yet on what went wrong. Fox 29 investigates is route out something hit a lot of nerves. That is tainted fuel and it has more drivers coming forward with their stories of woe from one particular gas station. Now county officials have conducted multiple tests and one driver says she was turned in for
Insurance Fraud
. Investigative reporter jeff cole has our follow up report. Reporter it was may 2014 when carol bailey pulled her suv into this gulf on 73 north in pennsauken topped off and drove out. Just as i pull out from the gas station about 2 feet or so i start feeling the car start buck bucking. Reporter within moments it quit. With its back end blocking traffic in the right lane. It was peak hours, too. Reporter you must have been scared. Very scared. Reporter really frightened. Yes. Reporter according to documents, a
Police Officer
pushed bailey in her mercedes to nearby
Dunkin Donuts
to get her off this busy highway. Her mechanic found she bought tainted gas at that gulf. He pump it out saving some of it which bailey hauled back to the gas station. Bail system one of several motorists who contacted fox 29 investigates after we revealed last month the rebecca rue wiz and
Freddie Sanchez
both got bad gas from the gulf on january january 3rd. The station operator said a faulty cap on a tank was to blame. He says it was repaired. The county sent in an inspector after we raised questions who found a low octane reading and another problem. The station was slapped with a 2,700 fine third violation since 2011. I was shocked. This is the first time that ive ever gotten bad gas. Reporter glenn contacted fox 29 to say he, too topped off at the gulf late on the afternoon of january 3rd. 800 bucks in repairs later and the tainted gas was finally cleared from his toyota. He says hes been contacted by state operator paul sing promising hell cover his repair costs but that came after our broadcast. We left the message with him and heard nothing. No response back. Until your investigateing report came out. Reporter late january and county inspectors were back testing fuel at the station. This time, it passed. No water in the gas. Proper octane. They went to you which in turn gave to us call. Reporter
Camden County
freeholder
Carmen Rodriguez
says sometimes it takes a hammer to win compliance. They just realized, you know what i cant stand another fine like this, i cant stand having this bad publicity and therefore let me do the right thing. To clear the gas carol bail system not convinced. So the gas stations insurer turned you in for
Insurance Fraud
. Insurance fraud. Reporter what did you think of that. I was like, whoa whoa what is this . Reporter bailey says the stations
Insurance Company
selective casualty turned in for alleged fraud. It happened after the company denied her claim for 5300 in repairs car rental and body damage bailey claimed her mercedes sustained while being pushed off the road. The
Company Claims
its sure sorry not responsible for the damage. It also cited this
Police Report
which states, baileys suv rolled backwards after being pushed into the done din dodo nuts lot and struck the police car. Bailey met with an investigator from the new
Jersey Bureau
of fraud deterrence in cherry hill and eventually learned she was cleared by voicemail. It did close today okay, against you. So um, thats it. You wont be hearing from me again. Okay. Youre not here for youre not here for any fraud any more. As for her costs from the bad gas . Shes been left holding the bag. Did you ever get anything nothing. Reporter gas station. Nothing. Reporter cover the gas. Nothing report roar the gas anything. Not even the gas i bought. Reporter nothing at all. Carol bailey has received 734 from her
Insurance Company
. Motorists rebecca rue wiz and glenn have gotten checks from the gas station. While
Freddie Sanchez
is still battling to have his wifes lost wages covered. On the telephone station operator paul sing called the water and in the gasoline an accident and said he would cover all related costs even if his
Insurance Company
would not. Jeff cole, fox 29 news. Wild police chase involving an 18 wheeler plays out in western pennsylvania. It all started when police say a man called
Westmoreland County
dispatchers
Early Saturday Morning
and said he was planning to crash his truck. State troopers found him and tried to pull the truck over but the driver would not stop. During the 34mile chase. Police say he through things from his cab including socks shoes even a small refrigerator. Finally officers stopped the truck using spike strips. They had to use a stun gun to get the driver out of the truck. He is now facing several charges charges. The clock is ticking to sign up for obama care midnight is the deadline now 10 20 and the last minute rush the site hit a glitch again. A lot of folks on valentines day not in love with health care. Gov. A glitch stopped some from verifying their income so he would enroll yesterday but
Officials Say
the site is working right now. If your income is above the federal
Poverty Level
you have to enroll or face an irs penalty of 325 a or 2 of your
Live Team Coverage<\/a> of this arctic blast. Broken pipes, black ice the possibility of hypothermia the weather creating serious threats tonight. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. It is definitely
Severe Weather<\/a> and we have
Live Team Coverage<\/a>. Fox 29ss brad sattin and dane kinchen looking into the damage and problems blamed on the winter blast. We begin with meteorologist caitlin roth. Unbearablely cold day. Thats thanks in part to the wind how long all day keeping wind chills below zero. And that is no exception as we head into another very very cold night. Wind chills advisories out for the philadelphia area south jersey and delaware until 11 a. M. On monday. That is wind chill warning for
Lancaster County<\/a> back up through the poconos the warning is little bit more advanced than the advisory meaning in those
Higher Elevations<\/a> it will feel even colder. Now right on the heels of this brutal cold tomorrow morning weve got a winter storm watch out for almost the whole area the exceptions are northern tear of suburbs in pennsylvania. This is monday night into tuesday were now we are expecting several inches of snow to accumulate mainly south south of philadelphia but still impacting everyone for the
Tuesday Morning<\/a> rush as we head back to work after a long holiday weekend. Temperatures out id are outside 12 degrees in philadelphia. Seven in pottstown. 94 allentown. Up. Poconos air temperature seven below. Current winds still 15 to 20 miles an hour and the gusts are still over 30 miles an hour at times earlier this morning we had many reported wind gusts over 50 and 60 miles an hour. So it makes it feel like its 31 degrees below zero up in the pocono mountains on a very popielarski weekend. Feels well below zero everywhere in our viewing area and it will remain that way overnight tonight. So early tomorrow morning if you do have to go to work you are looking at wind chill values at 6 00 a. M. At 15 below in philadelphia. 30 below in the mountains and it feels like 14 to 15 below down the shore too. So this is dangerous cold frost bite can occur quick physical youre outside for too long. We are also looking at breaking a record for tomorrow morning. Two is what we have to hit. I think well do it although the will be close here in philadelphia that record stands from 1888. Much more on the snow that is still to come in your seven day forecast. Lucy and iain. Indicatekatelyn. Losing heat in your home would be a dangerous issue tonight as well. Fox 29s brad satin live at penns landing with a look at what emergency workers and repair crews are doing to keep you safe. Hopefully you and the crew havent been out too long. Just for a few seconds. We look for the coldest of the cold place around philly and found it here along the
Delaware River<\/a> at penns landing. You can see the flags really going here. Imagine this f your freezer is probable set at 0 degrees. Which you wouldly be nicely warming up if you last this cold to go in the freezer. Dangerous conditions today and earlier today almost turned dead. This is man where his man was calling home under a bridge along i95 in wilmington. He wasnt really sheltered from the wind. The wind was blowing right through there like a tunnel. Answering a 911 call, firefighters tried to convince him to get out of the cold but he wouldnt leave so they left to return to find him in serious trouble. He was obviously cold, shaking very quiet. His hands were swollen. Extremely white. A little disoriented. Reporter suffering from hypothermia, they got him to the hospital in time. 30 minutes or less thats all it takes for frost bite in this kind of cold. We didnt have heat all night night. Reporter
Esther Fisher<\/a> and her son are warmed up now after a very rough night. Had lot of stuff on. I was freezing. Reporter their heat went out in their germantown home last night and thats not the worst of it. Their home caught fire this afternoon. They dont know whether it was electrical or the furnace. Reporter not easy being a firefighter in the coldest temperatures of the year. Hot chocolate only helps so much much. It takes a lot of salt to prevent all the water here from freezing. Restoration crews have been working nonstop answering the call to clean up after fires and floods. Very busy. A lot of pipes breaking because of of the cold weather. See right there thats where the water just pouring out through. Report this
Surveillance Video<\/a> yo showing a pipe burst in kensington water shooting out of this underground hole. It was just repaired not before flooding the base. Of the home next it to. Pouring through that wall actually all water was pouring in. A second pipe ruptured. Copper piping replaced. This master plumber had
Pretty Simple<\/a> slice could save i was fortune. Good inn sewell laying would have helped. Doesnt cost that much in local store and make sure that if you dont have no heat in your basement make sure you insulate the pipes. All bad news tonight. The good news is there are a lot of local agencies out there to hope help people one of the biggest is project home and out
Reach Program<\/a> for homeless folks on normal night they may get seven or eight people. As of last night they got about 40. Thats working well as well as the red cross salvation army, all trying to find people a warm place to stay tonight. Iain and lucy. All right brad, thank you. The extreme cold is believed to have played part in the death of a 66yearold woman in ocean county. Olivia we feet neato found dead in lakewood this morning. She left the home last night to go to her own house a couple doors down, but she never made it. The neighbor said she had attend add benefit with her and she had consumed several click beverages. Exact cause of death is still under investigation. A local congregation thankful no one got hurt when high winds brought down the steep p. M. At their church in the middle of bible study in northeast philadelphia today. Fox 29s dave kinchen has the story. Reporter a shock from above for a small congregation inside
Burholme Baptist Church<\/a> when the steeple collapsed and crashed to the ground. I guess with the mighty arctic wind 55 miles an hour the lord blew off the steeple and the bell tower. Reporter the reverend says the church what its bible study hour when the 86yearold steeple with the wooden frame gave way. Get this. We didnt hear it which we cant believe. Reporter it landed between the church and the
Dunkin Donuts<\/a> next store. It was written up as unsafe with love damage caused by the collapse. Its always been in very good shape. The act of god with those winds it just it couldnt handle it it. Reporter crews actually placed tape around here roping off his area. It is considered unsafe at this time. There was a company doing emergency repairs on the steeple area but they still have to wait for an assessment before the church is considered safe again. Lucy . Thank goodness nobody was hurt dave, thank you very much. The destruction did not head there. They pack the power
Tropical Storm<\/a> force winds. The wind took down part of that massive tree landed on part of a apartment building. No one is hurt and in
Delaware County<\/a> a terrifying close call for a family. Whipping winds tore down a tree it crashed through their new
Newtown Square<\/a> home. Even witness winds calmer tonight its still dangerously cold and people weve been talking with have some advice. Stay in the house. Put your heat on 80, 90, get you some chicken noodle soup or enjoy. 80 or 90 kind of like a sean in. Philadelphia
Streets Department<\/a> caused the wind chilling lifethreatening. Just stay inside. Before you walk out the door in the morning join fox 29 morning news begun day philadelphia for everything you need to get going going. Now, since its president days if youre lucky enough to have the day off watch the good day forty two crew from four to 10 00 a. M. Developing right now
Philadelphia Police<\/a> trying to figure out why a teenager jumped on top of a moving car and their looking for anybody who saw what happened in the mayfair neighborhood. Police say a small white car was driving down levick street friday night around 11 15 when a 16 year old got on top of the car but he fell off as the driver continued down the street street. The boy died. Police found the driver but theyre still looking for any witnesses. Were expecting new information tomorrow about crash that killed two teenagers it happened last night in north
Pottstown Pike<\/a> in north ship road in ukee lynn township. A pickup truck a mini van while trying to make a turn. Two teens were thrown in the from the mini van and kill. Driver fancier of the truck under arrest. No word on what charges they may face. Authorities are promising a
News Conference<\/a> tomorrow. Breaking right now egypt is vowing to avenge the be heading of christian egyptians at the hands of it appears oy sis. The president says his country will choose the necessarily means and timing to avenge the criminal killings. Terrorists call themselves the trip e province have released a video showing the beheading of the 21 men it is yet to be verified but theyve been
Holding Christians<\/a> for weeks and for weeks threatened to kill them. The men had gone to libya looking for work egypt has declared a seven day mourning period. Meanwhile, protesters in cairo taken to the streets upset over what they say is government inaction and trying to save the men. New details coming in tonight about the man
Danish Police<\/a> sauced carried out two deadly attacks. Officers killed him a shoot out. He was already on their radar. Gunman shot through the windows of a
Cultural Center<\/a> holding free each event yesterday. His target was a swedish cartoonist drawn caricature of the prophet of mohammed. They wounded three
Police Officer<\/a>. Authorities say he then attacked again at a synagogue killing a jewish man and hurting two more
Police Officer<\/a>s. He was born no deck narcotic involved in a violent gang and interested in militant islam. I dont know right now in the perpetrator has been traveling to conflict zones such as syria and iraq of course that is a part of the investigation. Danish police say the gunman may have been imitating the deadly terror attacks in parish at the
Charlie Hebdo<\/a> newsroom an
Kosher Grocery<\/a> store last month. Faa announcing new rules for drones. It will will take couple of years for the rules will take effect. They will allow for drone use. The rules will open an err err rash small commercial
Unmanned Aircraft<\/a> can inspect bridges and cell towers. They will not a loan drones at night or close to an airport and they probably will not allow drones to deliver packages or pizza. Drivers are telling fox 29 investigates they, too got tainted gas from a local service station. It comes in the wake of a fox 29 report just last month and drivers are not happy. I was shocked. This is a first time that ive ever gotten bad gas. Drivers getting repair costs covered and whats the county doing about it . Fox 29 investigates is straight you head. Think about this one. Youre on plane and what do you run into . A dangerous stowaway. A scorpion stings on commercial flight. The oscar mayer wean near mobile running into serious trouble. The crash on the pennsylvania road just ahead. Frozen roads out there tonight, iain. Cold and wind has dominator the weather story today and tonight but it is clear. However winter storm starting to gather strength over the
Tennessee Valley<\/a> parts of the south. That will move into our area and bring us some of accumulateing snow. Ill have all the details next in your seven day forecast. So you dont see this too often. Oscar weiner mobile smashed up. It happened in central pennsylvania earlier today. Somehow or another the driver lot of control and smashed to into a pole. No one is hurt and no word yet on what went wrong. Fox 29 investigates is route out something hit a lot of nerves. That is tainted fuel and it has more drivers coming forward with their stories of woe from one particular gas station. Now county officials have conducted multiple tests and one driver says she was turned in for
Insurance Fraud<\/a>. Investigative reporter jeff cole has our follow up report. Reporter it was may 2014 when carol bailey pulled her suv into this gulf on 73 north in pennsauken topped off and drove out. Just as i pull out from the gas station about 2 feet or so i start feeling the car start buck bucking. Reporter within moments it quit. With its back end blocking traffic in the right lane. It was peak hours, too. Reporter you must have been scared. Very scared. Reporter really frightened. Yes. Reporter according to documents, a
Police Officer<\/a> pushed bailey in her mercedes to nearby
Dunkin Donuts<\/a> to get her off this busy highway. Her mechanic found she bought tainted gas at that gulf. He pump it out saving some of it which bailey hauled back to the gas station. Bail system one of several motorists who contacted fox 29 investigates after we revealed last month the rebecca rue wiz and
Freddie Sanchez<\/a> both got bad gas from the gulf on january january 3rd. The station operator said a faulty cap on a tank was to blame. He says it was repaired. The county sent in an inspector after we raised questions who found a low octane reading and another problem. The station was slapped with a 2,700 fine third violation since 2011. I was shocked. This is the first time that ive ever gotten bad gas. Reporter glenn contacted fox 29 to say he, too topped off at the gulf late on the afternoon of january 3rd. 800 bucks in repairs later and the tainted gas was finally cleared from his toyota. He says hes been contacted by state operator paul sing promising hell cover his repair costs but that came after our broadcast. We left the message with him and heard nothing. No response back. Until your investigateing report came out. Reporter late january and county inspectors were back testing fuel at the station. This time, it passed. No water in the gas. Proper octane. They went to you which in turn gave to us call. Reporter
Camden County<\/a> freeholder
Carmen Rodriguez<\/a> says sometimes it takes a hammer to win compliance. They just realized, you know what i cant stand another fine like this, i cant stand having this bad publicity and therefore let me do the right thing. To clear the gas carol bail system not convinced. So the gas stations insurer turned you in for
Insurance Fraud<\/a> . Insurance fraud. Reporter what did you think of that. I was like, whoa whoa what is this . Reporter bailey says the stations
Insurance Company<\/a> selective casualty turned in for alleged fraud. It happened after the company denied her claim for 5300 in repairs car rental and body damage bailey claimed her mercedes sustained while being pushed off the road. The
Company Claims<\/a> its sure sorry not responsible for the damage. It also cited this
Police Report<\/a> which states, baileys suv rolled backwards after being pushed into the done din dodo nuts lot and struck the police car. Bailey met with an investigator from the new
Jersey Bureau<\/a> of fraud deterrence in cherry hill and eventually learned she was cleared by voicemail. It did close today okay, against you. So um, thats it. You wont be hearing from me again. Okay. Youre not here for youre not here for any fraud any more. As for her costs from the bad gas . Shes been left holding the bag. Did you ever get anything nothing. Reporter gas station. Nothing. Reporter cover the gas. Nothing report roar the gas anything. Not even the gas i bought. Reporter nothing at all. Carol bailey has received 734 from her
Insurance Company<\/a>. Motorists rebecca rue wiz and glenn have gotten checks from the gas station. While
Freddie Sanchez<\/a> is still battling to have his wifes lost wages covered. On the telephone station operator paul sing called the water and in the gasoline an accident and said he would cover all related costs even if his
Insurance Company<\/a> would not. Jeff cole, fox 29 news. Wild police chase involving an 18 wheeler plays out in western pennsylvania. It all started when police say a man called
Westmoreland County<\/a> dispatchers
Early Saturday Morning<\/a> and said he was planning to crash his truck. State troopers found him and tried to pull the truck over but the driver would not stop. During the 34mile chase. Police say he through things from his cab including socks shoes even a small refrigerator. Finally officers stopped the truck using spike strips. They had to use a stun gun to get the driver out of the truck. He is now facing several charges charges. The clock is ticking to sign up for obama care midnight is the deadline now 10 20 and the last minute rush the site hit a glitch again. A lot of folks on valentines day not in love with health care. Gov. A glitch stopped some from verifying their income so he would enroll yesterday but
Officials Say<\/a> the site is working right now. If your income is above the federal
Poverty Level<\/a> you have to enroll or face an irs penalty of 325 a or 2 of your
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Residential Community<\/a> known as the grammercy. Low
Rise Office Buildings<\/a> will fill that space. Surprise with a sting on a flight from la to portland. The alaskan eu airlines was taxiing for take off when a woman on board was stung in the head by a scorpion. Somebody posted this picture on twitter. The plane did head back to the gate. The passenger was okay. But did not get back on the plane. Flight attendants killed that spore i dont know didnt not find any stow aways. On this sunday, a group of believers abouted their heads but they werent in church. Local fast food workers held a pray in at mcdonalds on broad and diamond. Pastor
Larry Patrick<\/a> of redeem
Baptist Church<\/a> joined thermology with supporters pushing for minimum 15 an hour wage and union rights. They have monthly protests planned for the next few months. Do you have any chaps . What a surprise to hear. A lot of color at the
Pennsylvania Convention<\/a> center in center city this weekend. Our cameras caught the final day and night of the
Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention<\/a>
Award Winning<\/a> tattoo artists from around the world showed up to show off their best work and ink a few new masterpiecesmasterpieces on willing participants. Some people who got at a times told us practice makes perfect. I would say just ask people that have tattoos and make sure that you get something that you know youre going to like but usually your first one is not the best any way. Yes, she was getting a tattoo when she talk to us. 900 of the worlds best artists are in town this weekend from 400 tattoo shops around the world. The convention wrapped up earlier tonight. Nasty weather wreaking havoc on our highways and by ways. Pileups the scariest thing and the drivers of this mess have quite a story to tell. People want to know whether catlin has a tattoo. I did not. Zerothree. Die not. If its not the coldest of snow well got a winter storm watch to contend with monday night into tuesday. Parts of our area looking at accumulating snowfall. All the details and timing and amounts coming up next. Here in the northeast were not the only ones getting the bad weather. Midwest getting slammed as well. White out conditions and icy roads for drivers in indiana. 12 car pile up left drivers stranded for hours. Next thing i know somebody went around hunt me on the side and then i just kept hearing crashes and crashes and crashes after that. I started to slide when i tried to stop and i slammed into another truck and then slammed into the side and someone slammed in the back of me. I got a threeyearold daughter i was actually going get and im happy she was not in the car cause it would have been a lot worse. Thankfully no one was seriously injured in that pileup pileup. The northeast is taking yet another pounding of winter weather. Massachusetts facing its north major snowstorm in less than month. That up there putting a lot of pressure on everyone. Road crews regular joes a like. Foxs
Rick Leventhal<\/a> has the latest from boston. Reporter shivering people slipping and sliding their way through the streets of boston after the fourth major winter storm in less than month. Record break breaking snow total topping 7 feet in some areas. This is historic. Never seen this type of snow in this type of period in the history of this city. Hundreds of plows and road crews working nonstop to clear lanes but high winds and frigid cold are making cleanup difficult. Massachusetts
Governor Charlie Baker<\/a> is asking people to stay inside if possible. Roads that may have been plowed recently will start to look pretty quickly like they havent been plowed. In a short period of time, and we therefore would continue to encourage everybody to stay off the roads and to let the plows do their job. Reporter on
Cape Cod National<\/a> guard troops providing local fire crews with specialized vehicles to help evacuate people caught by flooding. Identified several areas that are along the beach front that the people need to be evacuated. We can use their assistance with their vehicles to help get them out. Reporter despite the mess created by old man winter some people are looking on the bright side. Im just laughing at it. Im looking at the silver or the
Positive Side<\/a> of it that im seeing a weather event that probably wont happen for another 50 years. Reporter winter is far from over. Another snowstorm heading across the midwest expected to hit the northeast tuesday night. Rick leventhal fox news. When does spring get here . Call these guys crazy but dozens of people in minnesota you think its cold here. Wearing only underwear. They just took a jog in the bitter cold sweeping across the state. Check this out. The group dashing through
Downtown Minneapolis<\/a> yesterday for cupids undee run. My goodness. Wind chill fluctuated between negative 22 and minus 27 below. There is a reason for the madness all these people braced the cold to help raise money for the childrens tumor foundation. Undee run. Just write check. They do have under armor on underneath their underwear. I saw bear skin there though though. There was. I know. Goodness. When its two below you dont want to do that. You really dont. Chris oconnell would do that though. You know that. He did the polar plunge. He did yeah. He used to live in minneapolis. Sea isle down the shore they had the plunge yesterday. Right. It keeps going all winter long. If you miff out theres still an opportunity. Oh yeah. It could be worse. Tying a record. At least its not 27 below. Right. With more than 6 feet of snow on the ground like boston. Thats true. By the way second second know wuest winter on record. That delivered them blizzard conditions over the weekend and heff fee doze of snow. They only need 18 more inches to get to their snow west winter ever. Philadelphia we got our second snow west on record last year. Today was not about the snow it was about the wind. Look at these peak wind gusts from earlier. Very impressive the highest ones along the coast. Cape may 6666 miles an hour wind gust will cause
Power Outages<\/a> and the damage brandywine, delaware 61. Vineland 59
Miles Per Hour<\/a> wind gusts. Even here in philadelphia 54 miles an hour wind busts around 3 00 p. M. Mount pocono, 53. Impressive wind with this storm system you can kind of see spinning across the atlantic. Our satellite as it moves it to sea but behind it was the surge. Of the cold and the wind. Now just back beyond that getting organized in the south right now you can see snow, some rain and a mix this is going to unfold as an ice storm for good part of the
Tennessee Valley<\/a> into the carolinas but on the
Northern Edge<\/a> of it north enough to bring snow into our area monday night into tuesday. So first we still have the wind chill advisory in effect for our whole area until 11am monday morning. Wind chill warning for the poconos and
Lancaster County<\/a> that is early monday. Then by monday night into tuesday, temperatures warm up a bit. But snow starts to come and in weve got a winter storm watch out for almost the whole area the exception is our most
Northern Counties<\/a> this looks to be more of a southern storm. Winter storm warnings out for baltimore and d. C. The airport 21 was the high after midnight here in philadelphia. This is not normal for us. Normal
High Temperature<\/a> would be 44 degrees. So unusual cold. We started the day at nine. Still though not really win striking distance of the low of three set back in 1943. But well make a good run at a record low tonight. 12 degrees outside right now. Seven in pottstown. Four in allentown. 12 in dover all of the northeast lock into the deep freeze. Zero in haverford wolf in boston air temperatures. Five below in burlington vermont. Six below in toronto and two below in pittsburgh. Wind chills four below here in philadelphia. But 31 below thats what it feels like the top of the poconos winds are still gusting over 30 miles an hour. Early tomorrow morning a lot of kids dont have school because of president s day. 7 00 a. M. Temperatures feel like 13 below in philadelphia. It stitt feels like 28 below in the poconos. Clear skies tonight. We start off with sunshine tomorrow but clouds role inform then comes the snow. By about midnight well start to see light snow over spread the area. The darker purples south and east of philadelphia will be where theres the higher accumulations of snow i think its the safe best to say we see a few inches from philadelphia southward that moves out quickly by about midday on thursday. And look at snow amounts show the less further north and west and the higher amounts in order of four to six south to east. More updates on that obviously throughout the day tomorrow. Two would be the record low tomorrow break one from 1888. 19 is the high. Sun giving way to clouds. So its 19 tomorrow very cold. Early snow tuesday. Chance of snow to linger wednesday and then were back into the deep freeze thursday and friday
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