The boys father mother and sister are still in the hospital. As investigators try to figure out what went wrong. Lets get out to jeff cole whos life in schwenksville for us tonight. Jeff . Reporter iain, a make shift memorial is rising outside of the dark and blackened Lukens Family home. Early morning fire likely powered by heavy winds has claimed the lives of young lukens boys. Just after 5 00 on a blustery morning flames and smoke can be seen rising from the summit of a twostory home. Fire crews arrived to find brian lukens, his wife tracy and nineyearold daughter sophia out of the home. But sons brian, jr. , 11 and parker six remain inside where they perish. You know he did everything he possibly could to get his boys out of the home. So its just absolutely tragic and i cant imagine the pain. Reporter by daylight state and local fire investigators were inside and out of the wooden structure built in 1960. Brian lukens a Deputy Montgomery county sheriff bought his family home six ye
Brian Deputy Montgomery county sheriff was out of the house when fire crews arrived along with his wife tracy and nineyearold daughter sophia. Inside in their second floor bedroom 11yearold brian, jr. , and sixyearold parker. Unfortunately there were two juvenile males located on the second floor deceased. The cause of this fire is unknown at this time. Reporter by daylight, the blackened structure was surrounded by state and local fire investigators who could be seen handling what looked like a scorched piece of wire. Nearby, what appeared to be a blackened portable heater. Kyles son grayson was pals with brian, jr. Here they are brian on the right enjoying a field trip just last week. What are you telling your boys . You know, we gave them a big hug this morning. My wife broke the news to my son. And he broke down immediately. Reporter a truck destroyed by the flames in a car sit in the driveway investigators removed several guns from a gun locker in the front of the home. Dave about
We know brian absolutely, not only as a loving, caring father but Police Office shore did everything he could to get those kid out of the house. Reporter kyles son, gray son and brian lukens junior have been Close Friends and classmates. He broke down immediately. Reporter as Community Begins to mourn out pour of support on line for the lukens , bolton start aid go fund me page hoping to raise 10,000, only to surpass that in a few hearst and has raised more than 40,000. We appreciate your support, the family is going to need it reporter counselors were on hand at schwenksville elementary school. We have just learned that go fund me page has reached more than 60,000, live from schwenksville chant lens. Dangerous cold has settled in wind chills are in the teens and Single Digits. We have live team three coverage with meteorologist lauren casey and Eyewitness News reporter greg argos, we will start with lauren, live on the cbs3 sky deck tracking temperatures and lauren, also, perhaps some
Boys. Always doing something and always have the basketball courts and everything here and the boys are out playing. One chased the other one and the other one and chased the dog around. A family friend is already raising funds via a go fund me site. I cant imagine losing one child let alone two and knowing you could do everything you could to save them and both parents its difficult, you know, i dont know how you move on and we as a community have to rally around them. Well, raised so far some excess of 60,000. Help the family with the material needs as it grieves the loss of its two little boys. Live in swanksville, john rawlins. Its so devastating thank you. We are following new developments on this story all day long on 6abc. Com. Right now you can get the latest updates from the scene along with video from chopper 6 hd. Now to an accuweather alert today. Its bitter cold out there this afternoon with biting winds and a light round of snow in the overnight forecast. Lets get the det
As promised all of us pretty much stayed in the teens to low 20s today. Earlier today we were below zero in mount pocono for the feelslike temperature. 17, what it feels like in philly right now. Vineland, 17. Atlantic city at 20. The numbers will level out as we go throughout the night. The wind, which plays a big factor in a feelslike temperature, are starting to weaken. Earlier today gusts were consistently between 30 and 40 Miles Per Hour. Gusts are not reporting in any locations except for wildwood at just 22 miles an hour. It will be cold enough so that any flakes that do fall will stick to the ground. First off, ill say no snow day, kids. There will be snow on the ground when you wake up in the morning. Doppler radar is not picking up any snow in philadelphia, the Lehigh Valley, south jersey or delaware, but theyve seen snow in pennsylvania. Theyve seen it in pittsburgh. Its headed towards williamsport and harrisburg. Further west we are looking at another band of snow unwinding