Flames move in and destroy homes good evening, everybody, im pam moore, im Jonathan Mccall in tonight for ken wayne we have Live Team Coverage of the fires that are burning across the bay area. Right now fire crews are battling hundreds of wildfires across california all of it happening right in the middle of a blistering heat wave now in its 6th day were going to begin in the north bay and the latest on the l a new complex fire. You can see on your map it shows the areas being affected the flames burning in napa sonoma and solano counties so far the fire has scorched more than 124,000 acres. The blaze has tripled in size since this morning, according to cal fire. 4 people have been hurt 105 structures destroyed. And Officials Say that 25,000 more structures now being threatened kron fours noelle bellow kicks off our Live Team Coverage tonight in fairfield with the very latest on the firefight there noelle thats right jonathan, you know tonight today has really been hectic for a lot of
People here at septa headquarters dont want to take any chances when it comes to safety. Expect long commute times if you take septa after multiple structural issues were found in more than 100 septa cars. 120 to be specific. We reduced it by a third with the 100 cars that we lost so were doing a lot of inspections to be able to, you know, get more of our older cars available. Reporter septa manager rob hopkins said at a july 4th News Conference 120 cars are out of service. A septa employee discovered multiple cracks in beams on silver liner v cars once discovered septa officials made the call to pull all 120v cars and run saturday service the rest of this week. Im just glad that they did something. And theyre doing something. Reporter computers still have to come up with a back up plan. Buses will help in some cases but each circumstance is different. And moving up your alarm clock likely is the best idea. Its even packed now. When you have seven cars going to trenton. So you have to
Rail fleet off the tracks. The move comes after septa discovered structural defects in train cars. Good evening everyone im ukee washington. Jessica has the night off. Septa is urging commuters to pack patience as they head back to work tomorrow. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is outside septa headquarters right now with more on how this will impact the commute. David . Reporter hi, ukee. It will be big impact. No question. There will be big headaches tomorrow for commuters but people here at septa headquarters dont want to take any chances when it comes to safety. Expect long commute times if you take septa after multiple structural issues were found in more than 100 septa cars. 120 to be specific. We reduced it by a third with the 100 cars that we lost so were doing a lot of inspections to be able to, you know, get more of our older cars available. Reporter septa manager rob hopkins said at a july 4th News Conference 120 cars are out of service. A septa employee discovered mult
Can hopefully we have Team Coverage on your holiday, Trish Hartman is down the shore, first we head outside to the terrace and david murphy. Reporter for now at the noon hour and pushing into the early afternoon we have sunshine mixing with clouds in philadelphia. Satellite is showing you theres a thinning of the cloud cover over philadelphia and extending to points to the east. Out to the west you can see the bright white coming in thats the thicker cloud cover. On the other side of washington theres a line of showers were watching careful as we get late into the day and early this evening. 77 in philadelphia. Down in washington where the clouds are thicker youre only at 69. Theres the effect of not as much sun in play. Up in new york where its brighter central park is 81 degrees currently. The dewpoints are a bit of a factor. We had low humidity saturday and sunday, now its feeling stickier, 63 in philadelphia. Anything over 60 indicates a humid feel and, of course, theres more of th
Odonnell. Police identify a teenager who was shot and killed enjoying a barbecue while they search for the killer. Septa regional riders need to prepare for a rough commute tomorrow. The story on action news this noon is the 240th celebration of United States of america. Well look at the place where our nation began, Independence Hall our founding father declared on july 4, 1776 that the 1 colonies would rise against the british and become their own free and united democracy. What better to celebrate our freedom with a sea of red white and blue from head to toe on the young and old and four wheels and three. The jersey shore is a popular spot for friends and family to gather for the fourth, the sun, the sand and the fun capped off with fireworks. We have Live Team Coverage on this Independence Day. Meteorologist david murphy is standings by with the fireworks forecast. We begin with ali gorman live at Independence Hall with the ceremonies and celebration. Happy fourth reporter happy fo