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barclay friends senior assisted living center the scene of a fear that reached five alarms. that s because right now, crews are still working to put out hot spots in the facility that went up in names before 11:00 o clock last night. during a news conference this afternoon, officials couldn t say whether sprinklers went off or whether the building has fire walls. and they ll be working throughout the weekend to make sure the 160 people inside consisting of residents and investigators tell us the fire was fast-moving and the building is still too unsafe for firefighters to enter. although they really tried. to the extent that one of our firefighters went as far as he could until he started feeling his helmet actually start to melt and then he realized he had to go out. reporter: during the evacuation, people were taken to west chester university but most are now in other health facilities. officials say some went home with family. o deaths reported so far. and at l ....
and in fact everybody in the mid-50s. from the arrows coming up from the south, a little bit breezy. and running anywhere from 6 to 15 miles per hour on average. but if philadelphia we are up to 17 and wilmington 18. but with the milder air it doesn t feel all that bad. as we take a look at where numbers areng today. 2:00, 59 a high of 60 around 3:00 and as late as 7:00, 54 degrees and by 10:00 it s fairly mild overnight. and holding near 50 in theover sunlight hours andtaying fairly mild tomorrow morning. of course tomorrow in the overnight hours showers are y 5:00 in e morning weet in parts of the reonnf those of you thinking aboutraveling of families shoots over tst qui and 10:00 the o places getting wet are down at the coast.erms ofl it looks like gethat rain it is loo.art dow and we g tck of sunshine and , and of54, earlier in the week. sliding in the 1:00 with afteron. when we step in closer thanksgivin day parade chiier and bright, and spy santa. youp up with y ....
the 99th greater says a car veered into them on frankford avenue by the dining car restaurant in philadelphia s holmesburg neighborhood. leanne went flying into the air smashing into the car s windshield before rolling off and hitting the ground. her 16 year old friend also hit. she says the driver stopped only briefly. even the cars behind him didn t even off to help us. but he didn t? he didn t at all. nobody did. reporter: leanne says the driver asked if they were okay. and then quickly took off. she hobbled home squared, scared, shaken and sore. my heart sunk i m like, i got scared because i didn t know what happened to her. reporter: family called 911 and freer-year-old was rushed to aria torresdale hospital by ambulance with head and back injuries. she has one cut that need add stitch. another cut that needed to be glued. her whole back looks like a tiger attacked flesh all the glass cuts. reporter: her friend hurt his arm and leg. both teens prett ....
21 in buffalo and 24 in pittsburgh. it s down to 42 in philadelphia. and so cold air is moving in for the holiday. so your parade forecast. lots of sun tomorrow we will not have the wind we have right now, that is down to 5 to 10 miles per hour. and 43 at 8:00 and 10:00, 38 degrees and when the parade wraps up at noon your coming in at 42 degrees. things are busy on the parkway and things are busy here. we have the philadelphia girls choir practicing for the tree lighting tonight and this is an annual tradition for me. more on the festivities here coming up in the full accuweather forecast. thank you. we turn now to walter perez live at philadelphia international airport which has been busy with long security lines for much of the day today. hi sharrie, as you mentioned. all busy all day long at the airport. as you can see at terminals d and e security airport. if you interest traveling by air now is the time to come. it s always among the busiest travel days of t ....
philadelphia, 300 people murdered in the city this yea year. what police are doing to keep the murder rate from spiking higher. it s been several years since city has seen this many murders. good evening, i m jessica dea dean. i m uky washington. families impacted by the startling fatics are pleading for change. greg aring owe is here to stop those numbers from growing. ukee, jess, the police department is not celebrating. as of yesterday there s been 00 murders so far this year that s a 13% increase since 2 2016 with still two weeks left to go in this year and it s also the first time since 20 12 the city dealt with more than 300 murders. each of these numbers all 300 means a family is in mourning. glad you re here. sorry for the reason you re here. tiny room filled with mothers and pictures of loved ones lost. every thursday we have a grief support meeting. victims of violence, murder ird in the city of brotherly love. we come together to share pai ....