For now the residents will be displaced for days if not weeks. Live in old city, cydney long, nbc 10 news. Bucks county investigators say an extreme case of hoarding fueled the flames inside this house fire in bensalem. The fire killed an elderly woman and left a man in critical condition. It burned for hours before crews got the upper hand on it. They have identified the woman killed as 92yearold julia pachupi. No detaew details on presid trumps travel ban. Families say their loved ones are being kept out of the country and theyre ready to fight. Lauren mayk spoke with them today. One family is even taking the president or the administration to court . Reporter yeah, thats right. You know, i asked the aclu attorney about this today, are there really any other options . And they told me they would always try other av news before filing a lawsuit. This is sort of a last resort. Now theres another family that hasnt gotten there yet but theyre all fighting the same issue, all trying to ge
Mess. Why Authorities Say this wasnt the only problem over the holiday weekend. Memorial day tra dig. Red poppies handed out to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. But why poppies . Good question. Nicole brewer traces the history of this symbol. Fire tears through an american leon post in northeast philadelphia. Why this building holds memories for so many in the community. The fire broke out just hours after memorial day ceremonies inside the legion. Good evening everyone, im ukee washington. Eye, everyone im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live in brides burg where fire crews remain on the scene night. David . Reporter jessica and ukee, those crews expect to be out here several more hours to douse some of this hot spots. Listen i talk to lot of people that live in this neighborhood tonight. One man that says he has been here for 70 years. He remembers this building as a little boy. This building is one that those who live in bridesburg
We have a Conveyor Belt of moisture just stream along atlantic seaboard. We have heavy rain this morning north and west of the city up in the poconos, some spots over 2 inches here over Monroe County, heavy rain in the city and heavy rain down the shore. Some spots didnt get as much but few areas over two or 3 inches of rain. Few rainfall totals from earlier today, jonas, pennsylvania in Monroe County in the poconos, three and a half inches just shy of that n sewell, new jersey 2. 93. Mount holly at 2. 9. At Philadelphia Airport this morning one and a half inches of rain and still very warm and steamy out there with temperatures in the 70s and 80s at the moment. Coming up we will tell but showers and storms moving through tonight and how it will clear us out as we see nice weather back in time to start mountain of june. For now, back to you. Thank you, kate. Business owners down the shore hope to salvage final day before everybody heads back to work and school tomorrow. Not a perfect b
For so many in the community. The fire broke out just hours after memorial day ceremonies inside the legion. Good evening everyone, im ukee washington. Eye, everyone im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is live in brides burg where fire crews remain on the scene night. David . Reporter jessica and ukee, those crews expect to be out here several more hours to douse some of this hot spots. Listen i talk to lot of people that live in this neighborhood tonight. One man that says he has been here for 70 years. He remembers this building as a little boy. This building is one that those who live in bridesburg and frankford noel. Now most of it is destroyed. I seen a parade there. When i was a little girl. Reporter it was supposed to be a day to remember those who died fighting for our country. But win minutes, flames shot through the roof of the American Legion on orth dock street. This was so big and the flames. We pull up the windows game out. They had to move us back furth
So, my soninlaw ran upstairs and here at the attic upstairs a motor had caught fire and i guess that started the whole thing. It started out as a little tiny fire. Reporter the fire starter out as two alarms but quickly grew to four alarms. They tried putting it out with a fire extinguisher. They tried putting it out with that. And then they came out and said everybody out, everybody out and then that was it. Reporter it was over an hour before firefighters were finally able to bring the fire under control. I guess the buildings done now. I mean, weve been there for 98 years for crying out loud. Reporter really . Yeah. It was a great post. Reporter over 100 firefighters were involved in fighting this fire. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. Obviously its too early right now to know what caused the fire. But witnesses say it seemed to have started in a motor up in the attic. The fire marshal is investigating. Were live here in frankford, im dann cuellar, channel6 action news. Rick