Reporter now this all comes amid a Measles Outbreak in the United States with more than 100 cases reported. Measles had been declared completely eliminated just 15 years ago in the United States. Measles can be serious, in some cases leading to swelling of the brain and i think death. Dr. Westerberg urged all parents who have not had their children vaccinated to do so. Thats the latest live in norristown, dan quai yeah channel6 action news. Were covering the Measles Outbreak on 6abc. Com for you. Well have updates on any possible cases in our area along with more information on the measles including frequently asked questions about the disease. We also have a look back at the deadly 1991 Measles Outbreak here in philadelphia. Police arrested a Chester County teacher today who is accused of having sex with one of his underage students only action news was there as the Coatesville High School teacher was led out of court today. John rawlins live in westtown township with the full story t
Traffic stop . It finally did happen a few blocks away. The person that the police were trying to stop continued on and they were stopped a short time later. As a result they were pulled over investigated and let go. That was our karen hepp reporting. In other news Montgomery County Health Officials and the Department Says its looking into a possible measles case. A doctor suspected measles on a 15 year old boy. The teen was evaluating and testing is underway to determine if its indeed a case of measles. The patient is under self isolation at home as his family awaits results of that testing. Tonight parents at philadelphias Mitchell Elementary school are still reeling from the discovery that some children were exposed to cocaine. That exposure happened after a 13 year old gave a younger child pacts of the drug. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser has been following this story for us. Dave . Reporter dawn, southwest detectives executeed search warrants last night at two students homes and eighty
Jersey. Authorities telling us a car hit a power pole knocking down a wire. One person was taken to the hospital. You utility crews are head to do that scene. Well let you know when the lanes reopen. More breaking news tonight. Flames tear through a local auto body shop. Skyfox over the scene earlier this evening and you can see that fire just raging out of control. Good evening im dawn timmeney. It took several Fire Companies to get those flames under control. Fox 29s brad sattin at the scene and gives us the latest. Reporter skyfox showing some incredible images massive flames shooting high into the air on the 1600 block of folk croft street a auto garage on fire. Blazing everywhere. The fire the fumes everything. Reporter 75 firefighters battled this blaze. They had it contain in just under an hour. No one was hurt when the city salvage garage caught fire. The connecting business was not seriously damaged. This man owns the garage. His daughter tells us the business is now called ms
Chiefs, one captain a lieutenant, a Fire Service Paramedic and two firefighters are accused of disciplinary violations. When it comes to defending our members we need to know what all the allegations are and we need to know why the decision was made to discipline certain members and not discipline other members. Reporter Union President says hes deeply frustrated that neither the union nor its attorneys have received the Inspector General full report and feels top officials may be hiding something. Even if it is a highranking official thats involved and theyre treating him differently than the other members then we should be aware of that. Reporter other concerns, theres no policy in the Department Regarding fraternization and some of the alleged incidents happened off the job and allegedly were all consensual. He has concerns about the way the female paramedic at the center of this scandal was handled. The complainant was brought into the departments had he quarters and coerce flood f
Flames shooting high into the air on the 1600 block of folk croft street a auto garage on fire. Blazing everywhere. The fire the fumes everything. Reporter 75 firefighters battled this blaze. They had it contain in just under an hour. No one was hurt when the city salvage garage caught fire. The connecting business was not seriously damaged. This man owns the garage. His daughter tells us the business is now called ms auto center. Her dad owned it for about a year. She says no one was inside at the time but speculates some equipment may have started the fire. Just tools. Reporter you think tools may have started this fire . Maybe from the electric i dont know exactly. Reporter was anybody inside at the time. No, nobody. Reporter it was empty. Yes. Reporter for one neighbor its de ja vu. Remembers a fire at this exact location 38 years ago. They were working on cars. They painted cars then. Paint drums caught fire exploding like they did tonight. Walls of fire floating out over the hous