under control but not the case at 2:30 this morning. see fireballs going into the air. the fire started around 2:30 here at american and york streets in kensington. it quickly grew to four alarms, with the flames engulfing the building. some of this building has been flattens, all the way to the ground, because of the intense flames. we re told this is vacant warehouse, still one person again taken to the hospital. again, he is a 25 year old man, burns over the majority every his body, taken to temple university hospital conscious anal letter. no word on any additional injuries this morning. we are expecting an update from the fire commissioner very soon. he is obviously been very busy this morning, but we will keep you up-to-date back out here live on scene, in kensington, again, you can see, number of firefighters here on the grounds with number of hose point at the fire. no this is the front side of the building at american and york, but on the other side we saw all of the
it went to four alarms, very quickly, take a listen, to how the fire commissioner says these crews battled this fire. we went to four alarms, which is about 33 pieces of apparatus, 120 firefighters. we did have three injuries. we had two firefighters with minor injuries, and we had one civilian with critical conditions injuries. and now it took fire crews more than an hour to get this huge fire under control. a lot of people also coming out of their houses cents, in this neighborhood, taking a look, because it was such a site to see, back out here live on scene, you can just see a loft smoke in this area, there is a bit of a breeze out here, so it is pushing it around. so if you smell smoke in philadelphia, this is the reason why. again, we are coming to you live from the corner of american and york streets in kensington where this four alarm fire is now ends control. three injuries here, two minor injuries to firefighters and one person, a 25 year old man, who is seen co
the fire department tells us it s fully prepared if this comes to into our area, they have protective personal gowns to wear. boot covers, hand sanitizer, also masks that you can wear. it says it s compliance the with cdc regulations. live in the digital operations center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. thanks to are that information, keith. today, the world health organization is admitting that it made mistakes while handling the ebola outbreak in west africa. among other things, the organization blames incompetent staff and a lack of information. also today, president obama named a former white house adviser to the position of ebola czar. ron klain is a former chief of staff to vice president biden. he will be the point person on the response to the virus. he ll coordinate health security in our country and work with government agencies to stop the spread of ebola in west africa. meanwhile, a texas health care worker on board a carnival magic cruise ship and was involuntary
as 50 victims. here s y inside the suspect s home, they found a homemade forms like this one signed by as many as 50 women, and they believe that would lead them to other victims. now there is all came to light on thursday when a 18 year old woman came forward to upper darby police and she told them she had been raped by man she met on craigslist. now, she is a single mother of one, trying to find a job, she told police, 42 year old kevin cornish of drexel hill allegedly invited her to to apply for position as a home health aid. now police say he invited her to his home offers to fill out some storms. went, filled out the supposed application, hours later, cornish allegedly called her to tell hershey was hired. the victim said cornish took her back to his apartment that he shares with his mother, that s when he allegedly told her to fill out sexually explicit forms saying she was an escort. she refused. that s when investigators say he raped the young mother. later when autho
finally wiped away and we re wide ian bushy tail. speak for yourself. sue serio, scale of ten on a scale of one to ten? i m drooling over that. just going to be gorgeous kind of day. okay, we re all set. sunny skies, cool, comfortable today. head today traffic right now, that s what s on the scene. high of 75 today, and bus stop buddy wearing a sweatshirt. okay, we re back, yes, temperatures in the four s, 50 s, and that s really the most important thing, back to the they will i morning like monday, no rain on ultimate doppler radar, 58 degrees right naught, northwest breeze at 6 miles an hour, yesterday s high, 74, we will be right back into the mid 70s, today, we just won t have any rain in the morning, like we did yesterday. and tonight, we re down to about 59 in the city, and little cooler in the suburbs, so we ll have increasing clouds overnight. that s a look at your weather authority forecast. now, it is time for traffic. we start off with big story of the morn