take a look at cell phone video neighbor recorded. this is at the height of the fire. the neighbors tells us he heard three loud crashes, looked next door and saw smoke. matt dorney rushed over to knock on the door but says the mother and dog were the only ones home and luckily they were already coming out. the roof and second floor we re told have extension seive dama damage. win about from the time we saw the first flame come out to 10 minutes after that it was already starting to eat through the roof and win another 10 minutes it already consumed half the roof. reporter: and the fire chief says that it is unclear whether lightning played a roll in this fire here. at this time the fire marshal we re told is on scene and the red cross is assisting that family as we said they all made it out okay. fortunately only the mother and dog were home but there s mom, dad and two kids being held by the red cross tonight. back to you. thank you, shawnette. ominous storm clouds du
now. and you can see a lot of very heavy rainfall and gusty winds as we move toward providence that s in lower sections of lancaster county. this will be moving toward the new london area and then eventually this line will move toward new castle county and physical. we ll put tracker on this if it holds together moving toward the elkin ton area by 6:23. 6:30 around newark delaware. wilmington arriving shortly before 7:00 o clock. little after 7:30 if this holds together moving toward the philadelphia area with very heavy rainfall gusty winds and lightning. look at the numerous damage reports behind that system and you can see a lot of lightning as well over 2,000 lightning strikes. so when thunder roars, head indoors because you can be struck by lightning. 90 degrees right now feeling like 96 degrees. so now through 7:00 the activity impacts the pocono mountains and lehigh valley moving toward philadelphia between seven and 9:00 o clock and then down the shore as we move into
carolina right now getting the brunt of that system. much improved as we look at ultimate doppler across our area. watching some activity trying to move out of maryland moving back into sections of delaware county but take a look at the recap. vivid lightning, gusty winds, damage reports all across the area. in sections of chester county, philadelphia county, upper montgomery county as well tree limbs down, wires down and power out across the area. airport flight concerns as well. flash flood watch through noon on friday as we watch the thing play out. you can see lingering showers overnight tomorrow morning looking at showers, cloud cover, breezy conditions and then we watch hurricane arthur it stays offshore but some of those bands could impact the shore points as we move into the afternoon but gradual improving conditions across our area for most of the fourth of july afternoon and evening. so the bottom line friday morning, cloudy, showers around during the afternoon show
neighbors say it s snatching birds, targeting small pets and they re afraid for their children. what is being done to catch it. plus a local couple heads for denver and never looks back. why they say legal marijuana is giving their three year old daughter her life back. we begin with developing story in burlington county. a kitten test positive for rabies a cat a lot of people have handled. good evening, i m lucy noland. i m iain page. shawnette wilson is live in medford for us tonight. shawnette? i can tell you this is causing a big concern for people here in this neighborhood. some who say they had contact with this cat and just learned today they may need to be trea treated. i found it had couple things wrong with its foot i cut off it and we were all holding it and everything. david winger says his 11 year old daughter and her friends found the cat they say the burlington county health department is warning had rabi rabies. now my daughter s best friend wa
we re told a suspect murderer led police to drexel hill and that s where fox 29 s shawnette wilson is live for us tonight. shawnette. reporter: well they just wrapped up digging in the wooded area behind me about 30 minutes ago. it is a gruesome confession police say the suspect made that led them here. now what we can tell you is that police say the suspect is currently in jail for a double murder in philadelphia, a home invasion in upper darby and a rape in maryland. that according to police. they say when they were interviewing him, he said he killed two people and buried them here in the woods of indian rock park. he said that he killed two people inside his apartment in february of 2012. he dismembered their bodies inside the apartment in the bathtub. put them in tote bags drove their car down here to this location. wept into the wooded area and buried them. reporter: and police say they brought the suspect in a car. he directed them here to this park. they searche