we have fire crew is a lot of them on the scene, many up in the air, shooting water down on to the building. they have been out here for hours now trying to get this, vacant commercial building fire under control. we don't have a lot of information at this point this story is still developing obviously fire officials are just concerned about getting this fire under control at this point but here's what we know fire started around 3:15 this morning in the 200 block of holeman road. fire grew to three alarms and crews have been battling these flames ever since. this is a commercial building and address to 80 holeman comes back as arrow device safety company. but that company moved out in 2008 and we're told it is vacant ever since. it is currently an abandoned building. we are still trying to get you more information about obviously a history of the building as well as how this fire started but that is obviously not the main concern right now, a lot of fire still going on, right now as we come back to us live, you

cannot even see the building right the now there is so much smoke, icy conditions, in area road as well as a hose wind down in this area, some water gets on the road, very cold morning for fire crews be to be out here. some homes have been evacuated as well just as a precaution and at the this point no word about any injuries. still, obviously a very active scene. we will stay out here all morning to bring you updates but for now we are live, jan carabao cbs-3 "eyewitness news". our time 5:31. truly unique philadelphia tradition rings in the new year happy new year, everyone, we are looking live there, on the right side of your screen and and string band oldest club will not perform, because of a fund raising problems. are you going to the mummers or do you just need a refresher course, we have a

complete guide to the mummers, just go to the web site at cbs philly.com. right new lets get that mummers forecast and a cool one, um, katie. >> absolutely chilly start to the new year but i've got to tell you it is january, after all, we're used to a winter chill at this time of the year anyway, it is par for the the course we are below average when we talk temperatures but you know what this is perfect parade weather for january 1st in pennsylvania, not bad storm scan totally empty and it will stay that way. we will take to you a nice wide zoom. you can still see a lit enhanced snow but what is different today is yesterday that wind was coming almost trait in from the west, and now if you look closely it is more southeasterly. it the is almost steering that included cover away for us and that means it will steer away any of the darkening of the the skies with any of the cloud that you would find otherwise. temperature reports coming in the last half an hour or so from our eyewitness weather watcher network they are up, still bright and early

reporting for annes we love that. newark from john dell 25 degrees. the 24 appease in new cannon and broomall pennsylvania, sent in by clarence and bill respectively and charles in bath pa sent in a colder temperature as it is further are north 18 degrees for us out that way. here's a look at that wind flow, it is not so much about the numbers but rather these arrows. this tells the story, in the necessarily a harsh wind but it is still a noticeable breeze. the it will make it feel colder to you anytime that breeze blows but it is not terrible. we have seen much worse weather, on new years day. we will take this. 39 degrees with full unshine. i'm sold. with that sun all day to day unfortunately does president look like solar energy warms you up that much but it is with you. have sunglasses ready to go and whatever your plans entail a night heavy coat to go with it. ukee, back to you. more storms, have have moved into the the recovery site of the air asia flight 8501 and as tara marginner reports weather is making

search for victims and plane's flight recorders rather difficult. we will continue to follow that and bring you tara marginner's piece in a bit. i believe we are having some issues right there. a texas man is lucky to survive after crashing his koran new years eve and in other news they are having burst into flames. group of bricklayers working nearby saw the the crash and sprung into action, first they tried to break a window with bricks but that did in the work, then they used a sledge hammer, but the the driver inside the blazing car was still trapped by his air bag. >> and then we have to look for a knife, we didn't i have knife on us, a usinger haded a knife, and we cut that and the the man was trying to come out backward. i told him to turnaround because we could not get him by his seat and he turned around and we pulled him out. >> definitely a job well done by everyone, following their heroics, men just went back to work. lucky to be at the the right place at the right time there. >> we are update to go day's atop stories on that news

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this is live breaking news, a huge fifer broke out at 3:00 a.m. in the former arrow safety device factory on holeman street. we have a live report coming up. a shooting in chester woman told cbs-3 her son was shot and killed on cohain street earlier today. she says that he was breaking up a fight at the time. 113th annual mummers parade steps off on a new route this morning, we will give you a live look at staging area writ here all these folks up and ready this year parade starts at city hall and evening at broad and washington in south philadelphia. parade starts at 10:00 a.m. lets get back to the effort to find more wreckage from air asia flight 8501. more storms moved in the

recovery site. tara marginner reports. more bodies and numbered coffin were flown to the area today. there were 162 people aboard the flight, which disappeared from radar about halfway in the trip early into sunday. so far seven bodies have been recovered including 22 year old flight attendant, shown here, wearing her red uniform. her father said that the young woman was on a one way flight that was going on vacation. the bodies are being stored in these refridge traded containers until will they are autopsied and identified. relatives gathered to wait and provide blood samples for dna to help identify victims. wind heavy rain in the java sea continue to hamper searchers and their mission. divers are are on stand by at an unman under water vehicle that surveyed the ocean floor has been flown into help fine the exact location of the wreckage. on new years eve people who gathered in jakarta to ring in the new year also paused to

pray for those lost on flight 8501. it is still unclear what brought the the plane down investigators are hoping once they fine the plane's black boxes they will have someas. in washington tara marginner for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". on the healthwatch this morning a warning about a possible measles case in philadelphia, and dell will wear county. health officials tell "eyewitness news" that a boy may have contracted the virus while outside of the country. he was treated at premiere urgent care on conestoga road in villanova on tuesday. people who went to that clinic had been alerted to make sure they are vaccinated officials alerted those who went to the cvs on ease lancaster after new in wayne on sunday and please touch museum on monday. well, it is very first day of 2015, katie how is that forecast looking. >> forecast is a nice one, i have to say it is cold but we will see significant swings taking place on the thermometer here down the the road meanwhile it is still

way cold enough that they will continue to make that snow and pump it out as they are at jack frost and big boulder. machines have in the taken a nap after we rang in the new year but we will have nice bright sunshine in carbon county and basically every where else. here's why, we have high pressure on our side any lake effect snow is far removed off the two north with more southeasterly component. here's the next storm taking you down into the the the the deep south specifically over texas, things have started to get underway. moisture grabbed from the gulf of mexico our actual storm center has mountain completely emerged in the planes just yet but once it the toss that will leave the entire opened eastern 23rd of the united states, free to see stormy weather unfold. for us we will end up more than anything with just rain out of this. but lets walk through this. it the is beautiful, chilly but tomorrow milder and we will keep some sun for you. looking ahead to saturday mess of the day is dry, it is until will we hit say late day in toward the evening that the

rain starts to move in. notice pink that we put up here on our is your fast map. i do think that the peck necessary stand best chance to end up with light snow mixing in. it will be just that. we wouldn't see much accumulation it will get washed away by rain but that is where you might end up cold enough for snow to mix in. 30 degrees at philadelphia international airport. wind is happen has air generally west to southwest throughout the day but still coming from the northwest in the poconos. that temperature of 15 feels like single digits right now. speaking of the poconos they are skiing, making snow, as we showed you today and tomorrow are perfect excuse toes hit the slopes. saturday is when we will start to see that sun fade for included and eventually some rain and maybe some snow mixing out that way. everyone else don't worry about any snow. it is strictly rain. i know maybe you are dreaming about the snow but probably not happening this time around. we cannot muster up snow with temperature of 57 degrees but we are plumetting in the end by machine we are all the way back in the mid 30's guys

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flu out break has reached epidemic levels according to the cdc. don champion tells us why this years flu vaccine is not as effective as experts hoped it would be. >> having just celebrate celebrated her birthday the last thing on christie green's mind was the flu, that is until will she got body aches. >> she said mom, i cannot breathe, help me. >> reporter: days late are a after two hospital visit and being told to go home the missouri mother of three died from flu complications. enters for disease control and prevention says this years out break has hit epidemic status earlier then expect. >> a lot have of people with a lot of flu like illness. >> reporter: this business conn inn doctor says emergency visits for influenza have been on the rise in recent weeks. cdc says state is one of 22 seeing high levels of flu right now, some doctors say the spike is about two weeks earlier then last year. >> it may be we had an earlier spike or it may just be a longer harder flu season.

>> reporter: cdc ace 15 children nationwide have died from the flu so far this season, the young elderly and people with underlying health conditions are most at risk. back in missouri christie green's family says she was vaccinated and still got sick. they have this warning for everyone. >> it is more another just then they think. >> reporter: are even though this years vaccine does in the cover the most active strain doctors still suggest that people get a flu shot. don champion for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". our time 5:51. new to a touching show of generosity a chester county boy wanted to learn how to hunt so a nine year-old alex collins saw an invitation to go hunting on what he thought was the county police department's facebook pvge, he jumped at the chance. >> alex delivered a letter saying his mom could not teach him because he was sick. it turned out that belong to chester county south carolina. the chief from his both departments got together realized the mix up and put alex on a plane to south carolina.

after learning how to hunt, alex returned home yesterday. >> unaudible. >> did you hold it. >> no. >> unaudible. >> sheriff in chester county, south carolina says he is happy to show alex a good time and said that whole experience brought tears to his eyes. >> that is fantastic. he is a happy kid. >> love to see that a mix upturned into a great memory for him. first day of the new year and how are we looking. >> it is looking good out there. good morning everyone. happy new year to you. that will wake you up. we are expecting a full bright day of sunshine, and expecting to just see a feel that chill once again. almost a carbon copy forecast as we wrapped up one year and kick start a new one. storm scan three is still quiet, we have a nice clear sky out there it is chilly as

a result and we will factor in a relatively modest southeasterly breeze throughout the the day already making it feel like more in the teens or low 20's in spots. a few out liars like wildwood and mount pocono it is more extreme in the mountains where it feels like single digits. we have a parade lets talk bit. we have great parade weather for new year standard anyway full sunshine, and i would advice that you try to find a little patch of sunlight because that will make it feel a smidge milder but it won't do much more than that when talking freezing mark at 10:00 a.m. as that parade kicks off and at best mid 30's for fancy brigade finally. we are looking for to the weekend saturday and sunday is our next storm system. look the a the warm trend it is primarily a rain maker for delaware valley say for poconos one and only spot that might see a little snow. stay there we will

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well, a minor league hockey team celebrated the years night in style. >> their skates weren't only things looking sharp, you might say the wings were wearing tuxedo jerseys last night, against the cincinnati cyclones. it is wings 13th annual new years eve game, but the tuxedos just you did not have the power to pull out a win. got in a fight after all. cyclones beat the wings five-three but they looked good playing. >> don't mess up that tuxedo good how do you punch a guy wearing a tuxedo jersey. >> thought that was the the case, so much for that. coming up next we are continuing to follow breaking news we will give you a look at a massive fire burning right here in burlington county. we have an update from the scene coming up. from gas prices to the stock market the the experts weigh in on what is in store for 2015

breaking news right now in lower merion a patient steals a delivery van from lankenau medical center and this is the result. we just have this picture and check it out you can see the the aramark van flipped upside down after the patient rolled it down an embankment. this happened only about 200-yard from the hospital. police say that patient still had had an iv in his arm and was wearing his hospital gown, he is now in custody. no word on any injuries just yet or why that patient was in the hospital why he took that van, ukee. also breaking news we are looking live at a massive fire burning in a burlington county factory, now this within has been burning for almost three hours now and there is no sign of it stopping anytime soon. fire fighters got the call, they got the call around 3:00 this morning and we're told it is an abandoned

factory. jan carabao is at the scene via mobile three in mount holly with the very latest, j a an? >> reporter: ukee and erika good morning. we are live here in mount who will think morning as this fire rages on here and holeman street this abandoned building has been on fire since after 3:00 in the morning but it does look like fire crews are making a a little bit of progress. at last check on the left side of the building here the building was completely engulf in flames, right now it looks like they have beaten those flames back but a lot of work still ahead on the other side of the building. you can still see orange glow and fire inside, fire crews are on the scene both on the ground and in the air, dousing this building, with water owe they have been here going on three hearst new and we will remain here it looks like for hours, continuing, but, the details are still