This house looks at like now. Were going to have meliek zoom in a little bit. You can see one of the tampa firerescue trucks is leaving the scene. Thats because the investigators are getting ready to go inside. The fire was put out shortly after it was called in. It was called in around 3 50 in the morning. They got the fire out at 4 17. Im told there were four People Living there at the time, all of them adults. A 73yearold female and the rest were all males in their 30s. One person is in the hospital, a 35yearold male. I am told that he has nonlife threatening injuries. A neighbor tells me that he was out here with the garden hose trying to put the fire out himself. And i want you to hear what she says happened. Yeah, he had no shoes. Hes a spanish so hes pretty light skinned but he was dark. Like, you see the blackness all over him. Nose, i seen the blood coming. And instead he had grabbed a lot of hot stuff so, yeah, im hoping hes okay. But yeah, he went through a little storm. Rep
Also one around hattiesburg, mississippi. Around sections of southern mississippi too. Just an indication of how strong these thunderstorms are and the tornado watch itself that goes well into alabama. At the southern end, a cold front will move through the bay area tomorrow and ahead of the line of thunderstorms we could see some high winds and a small possibility of seeing tornadoes. You can see the line of showers and storms ahead of the cold front itself racing along to the east. You can see how it moves out of the area. It is replaced by an area of High Pressure building in that will provide a cooler sunnier week ahead with highs in the 60s. But, it will remain weather aware here in the overnight. But especially around the commute time for the arrival of the line of thunderstorms that could be possibly severe. We keep you posted on any advisories that may come our way. Guys . Could be a busy night for you in the storm team. You can track the weather any time at home using our stor
House comes to tampa today. Republican frontrunner donald trump will hold a rally at the usf sun dome. Preparations are now underway on campus. The rally is expected to be packed. And it could cause some traffic headaches this evening. And did you see it . A democratic show down in milwaukee. This morning head to head debate between president ial candidates Hillary Rodham clinton and senator Bernie Sanders dominating the twittersphere right here in tampa. The American People are politics. I am not asking people to support me because im a woman. Im asking people to support me because i think im the most qualified. This debate it was first time the rivals met since senator sanders won the New Hampshire primary by a land slide. An 8 on your side warning this morning before you gas up for the weekend. Yet another skimmer is found at a bay area gas station. This time its at an exxon on this week, a skimmer was found in st. Petersburg. So make sure you check your bank and credit card stateme
Looking at that car its likely there will be. We are going to bring you updates as we get them through the morning. Were following breaking news in st. Pete now. Crews are investigating after an excavator fell into the bay. It happened at the pier construction site, this is video from action air 1 showing the excavator sinking into the bay. The city says this accident was caused by operator error. The person driving the machine was able to jump out before it went into the water. Were hearing its going to take a few days to remove it. New this morning, for the first time in state history a woman is now the head coach for High School Football team. Miami jackson just hired la katrina brunson. She was Defense Coordinator for three other south florida high schools. Brunson once played for an all female team in miami. She is also bernice on south a man accused of attacking a little girl in a mall bathroom friday night bonded out of jail. Police say Ricky Thompson turned himself in and claim
The now tablespoon starts right now the now tampa bay starts right now. Breaking news as we come on the air at four. The now tampa bay confirming in the past 30 minutes, polk county superintendent katherine laroy has resigned. She submitted her resignation before the Polk County School board decided if she was going to be fired. This stems from a relationship with greg rivers, reporter ryan raiche is working on the new developments right now. Well have a lot more coming up tonight on abc action news at five. We want you to take a look at the line at the usf sun dome. All the people waiting for the trump rally. We have been out there all day long on the ground. Carson, that crowd is huge. Interesting to me. A lot of people you talked to say they arent going to vote for trump. Reporter some say they are. Person. Some have made up their minds. They want to get a glimpse inside the sun dome. Look at this line, all the way it is critical. Hes got strong support in southern states, but on ma