philadelphia claims his life and a civilian. good evening everyone, i m nam natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us that fire broke out just before 9:00 a.m. on north colorado avenue. lieutenant letourneau died while inside the burning home when part of the structure collapsed. eyewitness news reporter alicia nieves is live in springfield where his career first began. alicia. reporter: natasha, that fallen firefighter is from here springfield and he not only served in the philadelphia fire department for 11 years, but he did also serve here at this springfield fire company as a volunteer firefighter for 25 plus years. since he was a teenager. you can see outside the firehouse there is black bunting put up by his fellow firefight firefighters here. now in his memory. today grief grips some of the bravest men and women in our region as they mourn the loss of one much their firefighter matt letourneau. 11:07 this morning, he was declared dead. and we are without
plus years. since he was a teenager. you can see outside the firehouse there is black bunting put up by his fellow firefight firefighters here. now in his memory. today grief grips some of the bravest men and women in our region as they mourn the loss of one much their firefighter matt letourneau. 11:07 this morning, he was declared dead. and we are without words. reporter: philadelphia fire commissioner adam thiel trying to hold it together outside temple university hospital where the fallen firefighter was pronounced dead. lieutenant letourneau called with fellow philadelphia firefighters 8:00 in the morning to battle this blaze on north colorado avenue in north philadelphia. as he was inside the smoke filled row home, there was a collapse and he was trapped. he was never alone. the rescue effort started almost immediately. reporter: for half an hour more than 100 firefighters trying to get one of their own out and they did but the 11-year veteran of philadelphia s
expressway. there was water at this water main break gushing along 17th street. and the bridge there, water was gushing near 17th and callowhill, as well. that s in the city spring garden neighborhood. the water department, they rush crews to the scene to make repairs, but the water has now turned to ice. philadelphia police are now detouring traffic on the vine street expressway to the broad street exit. we will update the road conditions later this morning. now, let s check the forecast, here is meteorologist, chelsey ingram. good sunday morning, chelsey, so cold out there. i know, another cold morning, colder now, compared to yesterday morning, jan, let me show you a look, some of the numbers just astounds being, we into record territory for spots, 06 degrees in philadelphia, we haven t broke answer record yet. it will be a very close call right here in town, but this is colder compared to yesterday morning. 3 degrees in wilmington, that is tying the record low tempera
that did this. i might can forgive you and got might forgive you . for thomas back forgiveness comes with . i want you to explain to my other nieces and nephews why they don t have a father. charles davis was shot and killed him at skills barbershop. what anger brought you to the point that you could take a father a tuesday garfield heights police when davis walked in shots rang out. before he left for the little boy he brought to get a haircut . this suspect had no regard for the lives of the individuals of that barbershop. another man was shot in the leg. one of 8 people in the shop at the time and none of them knew police and this family hopes someone does. please, if you know something, come forward. i don t know how i am going to bury my son. [ crying ] alissa raymond. wkyc news. an infant raced to the hospital after an accident. hopkins sees a 30% jump in travelers and the singer that won t be pe donald trump inauguration. chris tye wraps it up. a ma
large asteroid came close to the planet. news4 s tom sherwood at the smithsonian. how soon this could happen again. reporter: a meteor slammed into earth inside russia with a sonic boom injuring hundreds. almost the same day, a large asteroid narrowly misses earth, passing just 17,000 miles away. just a near miss in galactic terms. now that sounds like a long ways, but keep in mind, that s less than one-tenth of the distance to the moon. reporter: the two extraordinary incidents from space have smithsonian scientists enthralled about the chances for new materials to study. smithsonian natural history scientist tim mccoy. it s very exciting. it is a great thing to be able to see one of these events. two big things like this making news and making people aware of the kinds of things we re doing just don t happen very often. reporter: mccoy showed news4 labs inside the smithsonian war more than 35,000 meteorite pieces are kept. these pieces are 4.5 billion years old. a