In excess of 2 million. Reporter middle schooler brock came to look at the damage with his grandfather. In the morning i got up i looked at my alarm clock and i was just like, wow, its past my time that i should be at school. Reporter his grandfather had some experience with fire to say the least. I was the fire marshal here for 21 years. Then we went across a couple different items that could have happened, you know, nobody knows for sure. Reporter in fact if damage isnt bad enough the School Superintendent says all the buses burned to the frame they were new. Had a 10 Year Warranty on the buses if they were new buses and all 16 of them in that garage were. Reporter we also spoke with former bus driver rose moyer who says she has a lot of great memories coming to work here. This is what i used to do. This is like my second family and its crazy. Im just glad nobody was in there. Reporter now, the state fire marshal just sort of wrapped things up. It appears the initial investigation ou
A disturbing social media threat has parents and students on edge in south jersey. And a former aide to the president is expected to plead guilty. But the big story on action news is the inferno that destroyed or damages dozens of school buses in the lehigh valley. It tore through a bus garage and forced the entire Parkland School district to cancel class. Bob brooks is live with the lightest. Reporter hey there rick, officials up here think this has caused quite a few dollars in damage and in excess of 20 million in damage behind me. We are up next to it. You can see how charred the buses are. 16 damages and totally destroyed and 14 others around here badly damaged bought of the heat coming off the fire. But the good news is no injuries. Let take a look. Officials say within minutes the bus garage on Stadium Drive was fully engulfed. 16 buses and plenty of fuel for a fire to burn and our crews captured the sounds of explosions inside. The end result 16 buses destroyed burned to the fr
To friends of the victim. Reporter and they all say he was a kind and wonderful guy and theyre deeply grieving about his untimely passing. He was a father of two. He passed away after being hit by a hitandrun driver at this gas station on monday afternoon and an intense manhunt continues tonight for the hitandrun driver who never stopped and looked back at what hed done. Local police and Mercer County prosecutor need help in finding the suspect who left man to ultimately die. Charles nevius jr. Resided in trenton but he was most popular here in Lawrence Township where he long worked as a gas attendant at this quick check. A hitandrun driver struck him monday afternoon while he was trying to flee a separate hitandrun of a vehicle seconds earlier here on the stations lot. Witnesses say negative yes was trying to say nevius was trying to stop the driver. The Good Samaritan known as simply chucky the father of two passed away the next day at age 28. Him trying to intervene with a Traffic O
She lives just yards away. We heard sounds that sounded like explosions we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. Reporter her first grader madison was home friday the fire forced parkland to close schoo schools. State police the pa fire marshal and federal alcohol, tobacco and firearms could be seen digging through the rubble looking for a cause. We going to pull the Metal Aluminum from the building to get it off the top so the fire marshal can do his job report rot the structure was lump nim with wood ten poles used to shield buses from the regions snow and heavy weather says the district. Drivers say block heaters were sometimes placed to warm engin engines. Its a disaster says dustin houcks whose brother got unexpected day off from school. Yeah, my step dad woke him up this morning. Said hey, youre not going to school your bus exploded and that was a pretty big shock for him. Reporter the School District hopes to reopen classes on monday. It says its leasing b
Surround and drown the best you can. Reporter some 25 buses were destroyed serving the large Parkland School district in lehigh county. The garage burped up. Reporter the garage burned up. It did. Are you sad about it . Yeah. Reporter yeah. And made a big boom. Reporter stephanie lives just yards away. She and her young daughters woke up to the smell of smoke. We heard sounds that sounded like explosions so we wanted to come down here just in case the building would go. Reporter her daughter madison a first grader says she loves school but the fire closed the district friday. The state fire march marshall, state police and federal investigators are searching for a cause. The fire is getting special attention because it gutted a school structure. We got to pull a lot of Metal Aluminum from the building to get it off the tops of the fire shall can do it job report roar the building was pole barn says the district. A simple structure of metal and wooden posts to shield the buses from the