Seen for miles. Good morning. This fire broke out around 9 00 a. M. This morning and it quickly burned through the roof of the building. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live there. I know you spoke with the minister of the church. What are you learning . Reporter thats right. In just a few moments, the deputy fire commissioner Jesse Williams is going to update us on their status of battling the blaze. Let me get out of the way while i show you whats going on. As many as 150 firefighters are here on the scene at the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church at lands down and 65th. We just learned that 47 pieces of apparatus are fighting the blaze from above, including the fire trucks, the ladder trucks that you see here in the distance. I see 41 and i also see 24. We did speak to minister reverend adams. He told us that two people were inside the church at the time. One on the third floor, one on the second floor. When the lights went out. And they ran out. The minister also tells us this church is
Are off. Im Alicia Vitarelli in the news it will now cost you double if are you caught using a cell phone behind the wheel in delaware. And Community Leaders take a stand after six children are shot in philadelphia. Within the last week alone. But the big story on action news this noon is the new lead in the search for a driver that took a mans life. The victim was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a vehicle and launched 30 feet into the air. Now, police have recovered Surveillance Video that could help fine the person responsible for this hit and run. Katherine scott joins us live from the crash scene in the feltonville section of philadelphia with the details on the search for the driver. Reporter that is right, the surge continues for the driver this noon, we are at the scene of the accident and officers were able to follow a trail of leaked antifreeze and motor oil. In the Surveillance Footage that action news obtained. Youll see the minutes before this alleged hit and run dri
Hanover Township will distribute Thanksgiving meal boxes to families beginning Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Hanover Township Astor Avenue Community Center, 7431 Astor Ave., in Hanover Park. Registration is required at the Community Center.