Tragedy. I want to start with Ashley Johnson. Ashley, what do you got for us . What caused the deadliest fire in new york citys history in more than 25 years. Heartbreaking. Do you think this is such a tragedy. How could it happen so close to new years . It breaks your heart. Then, those poor kids died. The racing fire in the bronx apartment complex near 180th and prospect avenue took the lives of four men, four women, four children as young as one years old. Friday, investigators say the fire started from a threeyearold boy the snow. Official say the boy alerted his mom with both of her children and made the fatal mistake of keeping the door open. A man who lives in the building describes frantly getting the children out one by one. They put their lives, you know . One after the other. The fire in the bottom floor and quickly escalated to the top telling people on all four floors. We were told the boy had a history of playing with the burners and turning them on, then, before, before
The district. Plus, a look at some of the biggest scandels of the year. Your news at 10 00 starts now. Happy new years eve, festivities have already started and were just two hours away from midnight right hire. As we prepare to ring in 2018, all eyes are on the weather. This is one of the coldest new years weve seen in decades, temperatures are going dangerously low, so if you are going to be outside make sure youre dressed appropriately. Right now live look outside, Old Town Alexandria caitlin roth more on how low those temperatures will go, caitlin . Probably are bridge most comfortable on your couch, because it is so cold, and those windchills pretty brutal during the overnight hours. So lets see where we stands right now, weve been talking about it since literally christmas day, 2018 off incredibly cold start. Frigid temperatures paired with these really not great like lower Single Digits. Winds increase it, will feel sub zero in so many of our suburban spots, straight through the
The passion then to what theyre feeling today, um, im excited for them. For our fans, and u are you know theyre a lot like us. I mean weve been underdogs, you know, are to the last couple of weeks and our fans feel that and they understand that. Even for players who have been to this stage before, playing on this eagles team is incredibly memorable. I came here, you know, for an opportunity to do something special, and, you know, were doing it. So we have a long season. We lost warriors on the way. And we kept grinding and fought through it. They really are a special team. Doug pederson did get some sleep last night. He said went home after the game to celebrate with family. Coming up later the eagles have one game left and some Unfinished Business against the patriots. Hear from the team later at 6 00. Lucy. Take two. I kind of like the odds this time around, kristen. A lot of fans are no doubt dreaming of making the trip to minneapolis for the super bowl. Prices for game tickets and
Just keeps happening and no one really is saying like much about whats happening. So we kind of want to make it stop basically because its been happening more than once. Reporter fires in the third floor bath three since mid december each one of them sent in the trash. Were trying to come way rush why this is occurring much its a huge safety issue were concerned about. Reporter there were two fires set in the overnight on dee 14th says flanagan and another just last tuesday at 1 30 in the morning. Relatively Safe Community, but im very very uncomfortable now rt report rows apply say theyre pressing to solve the case a parent this cay cabrini freshman tells fox 29 the school failed to alert radnor township reports to those december fires. The school failed to alert Law Enforcement . Yes. Back in december . Yes. We had to call. Whats your reaction to that. I think thats like really unsafe. Reporter spokesperson for cabrini tells fox 29 the local fire marshal reached out to the university
She, um, just enjoyed live. She just always enjoyed helping take care of family and a niece. Reporter police say it was just after 8 00 wednesday night when tieesha and a van load of family members drove through a shooting scene at 16th and needy where at least five shots were fired. As they sped away to escape, and turned on to broad street, they dropped off one of the women when they returned minutes later to pick her up on broad street, witnesses heard deadly gunfire. We believe the van was struck up to five times. The victims appear to be innocent parties to the shooting. Reporter after she was shot the family van veered out of control crossed a median and crashed. Police arrived within seconds as family members fled the van and the gunman escaped. We dont believe they were a tar g we dont believe it was road rage. We dont believe the occupants had anything to do with anything. I just wish they fine the person and, um, put the guns down. Reporter as homicide detectives search for v