Took firefighters over an hour to beat back the fire. Its friday night and the big story on action news tonight is a twoalarm blaze that devastated the Delaware County community and the cause of the fire is a mystery. Dann cuellar is there and you have the latest. Thats right, jim. Investigators are expected to return here tomorrow as they work to determine the cause of the fire. It heavily damaged an iconic home known to many in the heights. A family is left without a home. Chopper 6hd is over the fire on the 200 block of south penn. Thick smoke and flames engulf the home. It was terrible. Neighbors say the fire was so intense they feared it would spread to their homes. My reaction was to grab my fire and run out of the house. Shane ferguson lives with his mother and grandmother. We were going to the hospital to visit my grandmother which we didnt make it to. Our neighbors calls to tell us the house was in flames. One firefighter was treated for hes exhaustion. Neighbors say it was on
For hes exhaustion. Neighbors say it was once owned by a whole known candy maker. We used to hang out with her granddaughter. We used to ask for candy. That was a Haunted House when we grew up. We went every halloween. The house is now unfit for habitation. Two players on the way to a game saw the fire and brought out his two dogs and cat. They are without a home for the season. Its not much holidays with my grandmother in the hospital. Thats where we spend most of our time anymore. The house is boarded up as the cause is determined, the red cross is assisting the family with housing. Live in clifton heights, channel6 action news. Jim . Thank you, dan. Firefighters cleared out tons of furniture to tackle a fire inside this home in brew more tonight. Chopper 6 over hastings boulevard. It took crews more than 30 minutes to get the fire under control. Investigators dont know how it started. Two peek were on the way to work this afternoon when their cars collided. It happened on Harrisburg
Especially south and east but we have a licensing way to go before we reach that number. Coatsville only 26 degrees so more than half, of that, number, to go still for coatsville with 30, meat media 31, center city 37. Newtown 29 degrees. What happened is High Pressure moved in overhead, wind calm so radiational cooling has developed and whatever energy sun provides from the day before during this process just escapes in the atmosphere and that is a cooling process and numbers have dropped off so dramatically. Thirtyone smyrna. Hammington in blueberry country only 27, vineland 27, tuckahoe 29 degrees. Heres Satellite Six with action radar so High Pressure sitting right here and again all of the energy that the sun provides from the day before escapes out into space, because of that and all cloud cover stays out there in the west. We have a couple of showers with an approaching cold front but most of this activity should stay north of this line right here, north of the interstate 8o ups
Thunderstorms that will be out there. Here is the good news, again, no Severe Threat today. But we will regardless have to dodge the wet weather. Just not as pretty as yesterday was what a gem of a day, week lend progress, get better. Cooler, too, but notice more storms on tap for us here tomorrow. 74 degrees, next cold front crosses through, we time those out for you, coming up a bit later in the show, meisha . I cant complain about the rain katie just because it is friday, on friday, just cant complain. Fortytwo northbound at creek road, first peak outside looking good. Love there is still light, we can expect that, in fact, on a friday we can expect that even pushing in to the 6 00 hour. Thats the nice ninja friday. So overall in new jersey looking great. Ben franklin bridge, looking quiet. Moving in the westbound direction toward center city beautiful shot there. We know the rain will come in later but right now enjoy the dry roadways. Construction crews are here, just about finish