Kings land. He says seniors were carried out it was a team effort. As i was going in and out i noticed my neighbors were going in and out and everybody was doing everything they could to help the fire department. Reporter at a News Conference just about two hours ago officials told us at least 27 residents have been injured and at this point theyre still trying to account for everyone after the chaotic night. Were still compiling a list and working a list with the owners of the facility itself and trying to get a solid fix on everybody on all the residents and that they have all been accounted for. Reporter were also told the next steps are to finish making sure the fire is totally under control and then sending in a team of experts to figure out what happened and look for possible victims who may not have made it out. We have certified fire investigators, explosive specialist chemists electrical engineers. Reporter skills that will certainly be needed to try and figure out what exactly happened behind me. We also spoke with a witness who was here last night who says he spoke with a nurse who ran out. She said first she smelled smoke then she heard a loud explosion and then it went up in flames. For now reporting live in west chester bob brooks channel6 action news. Thank you bob. Now lets switch live to vernon odom at the Pembroke Health center in west chester where many of the folks were taken for shelter. Good evening, vernon. Reporter mary meek am has lived there for two years. Her loving family children grandchildren and great grandchildren able to visit her there regularly. So, too, for many of the others but last night, she and the other residents were visited by great peril. You think youve had a good life and you dont want it to happen like that to go out but we have no control of things. Reporter mary meekam who turned 101 last sunday left it in the lords hands last night when this inferno roared through the barclay center. Her life was saved by one of the nurses here who got her out of bed and pushed her to safety in the frigid night air. She pays tribute to the firefighters, the ems workers, the red cross and to the franklin street neighbors who poured out of their homes to bring them items they desperately needed to survive until they could be taken to hospitals or shelters. And it was cold. They had blankets and everything you could think of to keep the people warm, giving them hats, giving them gloves, giving them plenty of coverage to keep warm but it was cold. Tons of people have come out to help, tons. All of the neighbors are really coming out to try to do what they can. Reporter it was hours of fear and agony overnight as marys daughter and granddaughter searched in vain for her whereabouts. They did not know for many hours if she had survived. When we found out grand was okay, oh, what a relief and we were so thankful and were just thrilled that we have her still here and shes still in good health. Reporter monica, rick, marys indeed in good health tonight. She hopes all of the other residents of the barclay vendor in good health as well. Her family says in fact, weve now been invited to her 102nd Birthday Party next fall. Im vernon odom channel6 action news in west chester. All right, vernon, thank you. Well, the work of determining the cause of this fire is already under way as we mentioned. Undoubtedly investigators will look at the building and safety records of barclay friends to see what, if any, problems its had in the pennsylvania. Our own chad pradelli has those records and asked officials about those reports during todays News Conference. Hell have more on that coming up in our next half hour. And our coverage of this massive fire continues for you on 6abc. Com. Right now, you can find the latest updates from the scene along with more video from the action cam and chopper6. Stay with us all night long for continuing updates on this devastating fire. In other news a killing of a young mother in woodbury that went unsolved for two months now has a suspect. Today Gloucester County from are sean dalton announced the arrest of 19yearold Brandon Wilson of paulsboro. Hes charged with first degree murder in the death of 26yearold shawneeq carter. She died of Blunt Force Trauma in a home on hopkins street in september. Carter had been house sitting for the homeowner who was out of town at the time. Police said the suspect had lived in that house as a foster child for a brief time in 2015. They believe he intended to rob the home the night shawneeq was there. Physical evidence linking the defendant to the crime was found on an outside window as well as the victims shirt and a piece of gym equipment that was used in the murder. You know, this is the first thanksgiving that im wont have my daughter at thanksgiving dinner. Its its hard. Its real hard. Wilson is already in jail in Cape May County on separate charges in addition to the new murder charge hes charged with endangering the welfare of a child because shawneeqs son and nephew were also in that house during the killing. A crash in south jersey overnight is responsible for killing one person. And this was the scene along route 130 near the airport circle in pennsauken. Police believe a car rearended a jeep and that set off a Chain Reaction crash involving two other vehicles. Authorities have identified the victim as 70yearold Rocco Lombardo of deptford. This is 31yearold Christopher Cossel of pottstown. Hes facing several charges tonight including aggravated assault stemming from a road rage shooting back in september. Happened along route 100 in montgomery and berks county. Detectives accuse him of trying to run another car off the road and then firing a shot at the vehicle. No one was hurt. Cossel is currently behind bars tonight. Turning to our weather, pretty nice way to end the work week but overnight, temperatures will drop and usher in some pretty chilly weather. Meteorologist cecily tynan at the action news big board with the latest from accuweather. Hi, cecily. Hi, monica. Nice to see the sunshine after yesterdays clouds. Temperatures a lot cooler than yesterday. Yesterday the high 60 degrees. Today were at 49 degrees. Winds not as strong as yesterday but theres still a bit of a breeze out of the westnorthwest. So, for your friday night, if youre stepping out, a november chill is in the air. Partly cloudy skies, temperatures will be hovering in the low 40s right through the evening hours. Overnight low dropping down to 36 degrees and we will see increasing clouds as we head through the morning tomorrow. Now, double scan live showing the system im tracking that will bring us two rounds of rain is low pressure, its moving out of colorado and what this has, first it has a warm front with it. That moves through tomorrow afternoon. Then theres a cold front, that cold front will move through in the wee hours oft morning on sunday, so future tracker showing we start the day with those clouds. It starts dry but by about 3 oclock, beginning to see some showers moving in. Thats warm invection. Thats with the warm front and then a steadier round of rain in the wee hours of morning on sunday. So, this is what to expect. Tonight its going to be a cold night but the winds will be calm. Overnight low 27 to 35 degrees. The leonid meteor shower tonight, clouds could cause a little bit of trouble by the predawn hours. Rain develops tomorrow afternoon, a steadier rain late tomorrow night and sunday its all about the winds. Wind gusts up to 45 miles an hour. Thats moving in cooler air on monday. Ill talk about that in the accuweather forecast. Monica. Thank you cecily. Keep up changes in this weekends windy chilly forecast including realtime views from storm tracker6 by visiting 6abc. Com weather or downloading the free 6abc app. Time now for a check of our action news traffic report friday night. All right, lets take you to matt pelman in the action News Traffic Center to see whats rolling out there. Hey, matt. Happy friday, rick and monica. Get ready for some red as you head home check out the travel times. Speeds we are in the red acrosstheboard. 42 minutes on the northbound side of 95 and it all started with this, a crash northbound here by Bridge Street thats now off to the side. You can see it there. But for awhile it was blocking three of the four lanes. That northbound travel time is three times what it should be although 42 minutes is a lot better than the hour and 20 minutes we saw earlier on. So, we are improving but its still a really slow go on 95 northbound that spills back onto the vine street expressway. Solid line of traffic eastbound across town from the schuylkill out to 95 and of course those delays spill back onto the schuylkill itself. But at least our westbound truck accident on 76 near montgomery has cleared. However, still have that one westbound by conshohocken on the shoulder thats attracting some attention so speeds in general on the schuylkill also in the red, 6 Miles Per Hour westbound there by south street. This is 42 in Gloucester City as you come southbound off the whitman bridge. A little extra heavy headed down towards 295. There was a crash there thats now gone but sluggish pace coming into new jersey. A couple other accidents have cleared but the other jersey jams remain. One on 295 southbound by the white horse pike is gone but speeds in the 20s and worse as you come down from 73. Northbound turnpike at city is gone. Think your thanksgiving meal has to have that big fat bird to be successful . Well, coming up on action news tonight Health Reporter and registered nurse ali gorman will take us to the kitchen with local chefs to create a vegan meal that is as tasty and satisfying as a turkey dinner. Dozens of job seekers came dressed to impress in south philadelphia. Well explain why when action news comes right back. How do you chase what you love with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis . Do what i did. Ask your doctor about humira. Its proven to help relieve pain and protect joints from further irreversible damage in many adults. Humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Humira has been clinically studied for over 20 years. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ready for a new chapter . Talk to your rheumatologist about humira. This is humira at work. On capitol hill republicans and democrats traded bashes as the Senate FinanceCommittee Hearing debated the tax bill overhaul until late last night. This tax cut really is not for the middle class, its for the rich and that whole thing about higher wages well its a good selling point but we know companies dont just give away higher wages. And ive been here working my whole stinking career for people who dont have a chance and i really resent anybody saying that im just doing this for the rich. Give me a break. With at least six republican senators yet to declare support the bills fate is far from certain. Under the projected plan the estimated federal deficit would grow by 1. 5 trillion over 10 years. Health check tonight for most folks thanksgiving means time to eat turkey and the fixings but it doesnt always fit with folks has been have food restrictions. Chefs teamed up with whole foods to prepare a vegan holiday meal. Ali gorman joins us at the big board with the tasty details, ali. They are tasty, rick, believe it or not. Okay. But for vegetarians or vegans thanksgiving can be a little tough if theyre not the ones making the meal. The owners of three popular vegan restaurants in philadelphia are lending some support. Good carving, cauliflower. Richland do you and kate jacoby husband and wife chefs and coowners of veg have created the menu and recipes for a vegan thanksgiving day meal for two available at select whole foods markets. They say they wanted to make it easy special and have something for everyone. You make it delicious, you know, and then you eliminate anything that might be a serve a trigger or something and everyone will be happy. The centerpiece is a whole roasted dijon mustard glazed cauliflower. Got herbs and mustard and a little bit of soy cream and then we just bake it, it gets brown and bubbly. It will be surrounded by colorful side dishes Rainbow Carrots with sauerkraut vinaigrette and of course mashed potatoes, but with a twist. So weve just taken classic mashed potatoes vegan mashed potatoes and we whipped in pureed rutabaga and a little bit of miso and traditional yeast to give them this kind of cheesiness. You dont have to take my word for it but i will tell you this tastes delicious. A little bit more. More stuffing there, yeah. And you cant forget the stuffing. I dont think you really need to reinvent stuffing. You have to add interesting things to it and thats what we did with just some black len tills and some exotic mushrooms. The number of americans who are vegetarian or vegan is growing. Kate says many people are more open minded and interested in the Health Benefits of plant based eating. A plant based diet is pretty clean and has no cholesterol and is lower in saturated fats. Vegan thanksgiving. Tada. And dont worry, there is also desserts. You can see it here. Its a chocolate pumpkin coffee cake but it has butternut but cream on top, of course thats vegan but. Now, the deadline to order is monday. You can order the whole meal or individual sides. We have a link on 6abc. Com. Rick and monica. Thats cauliflower. Looks delicious. And you said it was good. Its going to be on your table. Ill take the dessert. Thank you ali. Thank you. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is battling parkinsons disease. The legendary leader disclosed today hes been getting Outpatient Care for two years and plans to dedicate himself to physical therapy. The 76yearold says he began having difficulty with movements three years ago. The same disease affected his father noah robinson. In southwest philadelphia today job seekers got the chance to meet with potential employers. This was the annual job fair at Myers Recreation Center on kingsessing avenue. The event was sponsored by City Council Member ken yacht many job seekers left with offers of employment. Nearly 51 million americans will take planes trains and automobiles to get to that thanksgiving turkey next week. Aaa says those taking to the skies got the better deal with round trip tickets priced lower than previous years. 89 percent of travelers will drive, though despite gas prices being at their highest since 2014. The action news troubleshooters tackling a traffic nightmare that could happen to you. Heres nydia han with a preview on tonights special report on action news at 11 00. Reporter when were on the road we often find ourselves a little coo close too close for comfort with vehicles like this carrying big loads. You dont expect to be hit by a flying piece of sheet metal. Reporter that is exactly what happened in the blink of an eye and look at the result. Sliced it like a but knife. Reporter were you look when you look at it now what goes through your mind. Thank god im alive. Her head could have been decapitated. Reporter danger on the roads tonight on action news at 11 00. Time for a check of that weekend forecast from accuweather. Meteorologist cecily tynan is here with the details. Little bit of rain this weekend. Yeah, a little bit of rain. Its going to be windy but im going to skip ahead, talk about thanksgiving. Okay, great. You know, thanksgiving crunch is on. Thanksgiving is only six days away so the turkeys are getting nervous and as far as the forecast, its actually looking pretty good and those turkeys are hiding. As we look towards thanksgiving, temperatures will be slightly below average. Looks like afternoon highs only in the 40s but High Pressure will be in control. So, what this means, it will be dry, no rain, winds will be light and rick, you know, this is important we need the light winds for the balloons so the balloons for the parade are a go. Right now its looking really nice. So, right now, just a chill in the air. Good amount of sunshine today. But temperatures stuck in the 40s. 45 degrees in philadelphia currently. Allentown 42. Millville down to 37 degrees. Trenton 47 and wilmington currently 40 degrees. Satellite and radar showing that were clear right now but we do have some clouds that are beginning to advance from the west. Theres a system that will be pulling in. First we get a warm front tomorrow afternoon. Then we get a cold front very early on sunday morning. So, tonight just partly cloudy. Winds diminish but it is going to be chilly tonight. 35 degrees in philadelphia. Allentown 27. Cape may 35. And wilmington 33. So, future tracker timing it out. 8 oclock in the morning, were dry but we do have a a lot of clouds. As we head into the afternoon, this is when that warm front approaches. So, this will bring us some showers by about 3 30, especially south and west of philadelphia. The temple game, some showers moving in towards the end of the game. Then we get a bit of a break in the academics saturday evening but then the wee hours of the morning on sunday, this is when the cold front pushes in and this could actually have some heavier downpours, maybe even a rumble of thunder. At this point looks like it should be pushing off the coast. By 7 30 philadelphia marathon is sunday morning but if the front is a little bit slower, there could be a lingering shower. So, running down all the races this weekend, a lot going on. The Half Marathon saturday morning it will be chilly, 39 degrees, mostly cloudy, a bit on the breezy side, temperatures in the 40s for the rothman 8k. Sunday morning, temperatures not bad. 50 degrees but the winds will be gusting up to about 40 Miles Pe