>> massive fire. people will be without fire following this inferno at a pico substation. a serial kidnapper on the loose. his latest victim magazined to escape. her boyfriend told only nbc 10 why she was prepared.

>> bedroom blues. before you head to sleep tonight, what you can do to put the spark back in the bedroom. nbc 10 news starts now. a night in the dark. flames shoot from a pico substation leaving thousands without power. >> why did it take so long to put it out, and when will the lights get turned back on? nbc 10 gets answers tonight. good evening. i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacquelin london. >> nbc 10's denise has been on the scene of that fire in nicetown for the past seven hours. >> denise, you just got an update a short time ago. what have you learned? >> jacquelin and jim, we learned that pico just brought in some backup generators to help restore power. at last check 7,000 customers were still without power, and working throughout the night.

>> reporter: flames and thick black smoke. the fire at pico's west moreland substation caused a widespread power outage around 2:00 p.m., and those living closest to the substation found themselves confused at first and then panicked. >> something is burning in here. >> some elderly and disabled neighbors on fox street had nowhere to go as the fire burned for three hours. they were house-bound as they tried to shield themselves from southwest winds blowing smoke into their homes. to make matters worse, mary wilson suffers from asthma. >> i didn't know whether to stay outside or stay in my house because you could smell it in my house ju as good as you could smell it across the street. >> a plume of smoke created a haze over the city. a chemical spray was used to put out the fire around 5:00 p.m. once pico fully deactivated the substation. as the sun went down, the only lights at many main intersections were once flashing on emergency vehicles as officers directed traffic. at the peak of the outages, 36,000 customers were without

power. holly hanratty said they had to cancel classes due to the power outage. >> we weren't able to do anything, so we had to just sit around. >> olivia ross is relieved to go where she's guaranteed to have power. her daughter's home in center city. >> take a drink of water, cook food. >> yep. some of the things we take for granted as we come back alive outside where we see some of the pico says it's still investigating the cause of this fire. meantime, it's not sure when power will be fully restored. >> you are watching on our app, can you kwet a direct link to find out when your power may come back on. >> other news tonight, there is extra security at several apartment complexes in delaware

with a serial kidnapper on the run. there have been three attacks on women at three different apartment complexes in newark, height creek, and wilmington in the past month. the most recent an attempted kidnapping, and tonight we spoke exclusively with the victim's boyfriend. >> he says they came up with that escape plan after the second kidnapping. he spoke only to nbc 10's brandon hudson who is live in newark tonight. how did this plan work? >> that escape plan involved hitting a buzzer inside one of these apartments common areas. the victim's boyfriend said she followed the plan perfectly which scared the suspect off. >> she whispered to me, this guy is trying to rob me. >> those are the words she said to her -- she tried to escape a serial kidnapper. she says she found the suspect hiding in a common area at the preserve at deacon's walk apartments. with a gun to her head, he told her he was robbing her and made her go to her apartment, but the victim made a smart move hitting the buzzer for an apartment with

her elbow. >> i flung the door open all the way. he had already realized someone else was home. >> the woman eights boyfriend said they came up with the safety plan after the second kidnapping at an apartment in wilmington two weeks ago. last night it worked to perfection. >> seies the arrow. she did everything the best she could. she couldn't have did anything different, and i'm proud of her, and i love her. >> the kidnappings have the community on edge. the owner of a nearby gun shop says he has seen more women buying pepper spray. >> it is a really good not lethal temporary way of creating separation between you and someone else. >> at star quest shooters and survival owner ronald said interest peaked after the first kidnapping. now he is selling at least six a day. >> mace. >> back at the site of the attempted abduction, we met two women who were taking their own precautions. walking together ask carrying mace and a flashlight. >> how comfortable do you feel being out tonight? >> tonight? not comfortable.

i used to walk my dog by myself, but with everything that's going on, she doesn't leave the house without me. >> reporter: they and other neighbors want to see changes on site including security cameras and more lighting. nbc 10 photojournalist jason wright just before a live report saw another guy walk up here just to walk one of his female neighbors home. meanwhile, where the second kidnapping happened they found out they will have a lighting coming up. they will also have some more cameras. that work will begin next week, and they will have combination door locks sometime tomorrow. reporting live in newark, i'm brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. >> good to see neighbors helping neighbors, brandon. new at 11:00 a shooting leads to a crash in germantown. police tell us someone fired two shots into that suv right there on east haynes road around 6:30 tonight. a passenger was hit. the driver ended up losing control and crashed into another car. the two people in the suv were taken to the hospital with injuries. the passenger in the second car

is in critical condition. the shooter is still on the run. >> he was struck and killed tonight. it happened around 8:30 on cross keys road in monroe township. >> officers shut down that road. it appeared the driver stayed on the scene. >> some raindrops top our first alert weather, and you could see more of that tomorrow if you get up early enough, that is. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glen "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the rain in your neighborhood. >> we have rain over a good bit of the area right now. it's on the light side from philadelphia all the way down to central delaware, and it's a pretty solid area. it's a steady rain for the next hour or two. that's not the end of it. there's a bit of a break, and then this line of pretty heavy showers will be moving into the area right around 5:00 to 6:00 a.m. our planner has some rain at 5:00 a.m. nothing at 7:00.

the sun is coming out by 9:00. look how warm it is for that time of the day. suburbs with the 5:00 a.m. showers. lehigh valley as well. everybody seeing sunshine by 9:00 a.m., and just about anybody could see some of that rain early, real early, but we could also see some snow real early on friday. more on the timing of that coming up. a day without a woman. tomorrow's organizers of a nationwide event are calling on women to take the day off. they also want them not to spend any money to show their strength and impact on the economy and society. according to the u.s. census, women make up more than 47% of the work force. the event falls on the same day as international women's day. president trump is declaring his support for the long-awaited republican plan to repeal and replace obama care tonight. the president made his first comments on the new republican health care bill during a meeting with house gop members at the white house. late today house speaker paul

ryan guaranteed he would have the votes needed to get the bill passed in the house. some republicans say they're not on board. >> this will be a plan where you can choose your doctor. this will be a plan where you can choose your plan. >> and the power of several conservatives in the senate is to withhold our support and make it better. >> tea party republicans like senator rand paul of kentucky say they will oppose the measure. some response, the president later tweeted out "i feel sure that my friend rand paul will come along with a new and great health care program because he knows obama care is a disaster." if you own a samsung smart television you may be opening yourself up to an unwanted guest right in your home. wiki-leaks posted nearly 9,000 cia documents alleging the agency has the ability to hack into tvs to spy, even when they're turned off. a lot of popular apps are apparently vulnerable too.

wiki-leaks founder julian assange says the information was published because of concern over cia overreach. a delaware county man will spend the next 13 years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to raping four young girls. prosecutors say hugh of media went to local parks and offered his teenage and preteen victims video games, drugs, and alcohol. if he got them to go with him to his apartment, he played sex games with them, authorities say. police fear there could be more victims. the u.s. senator showing unity to denounce u.s. threats against jewish organizations across the country. in a letter sent to the white house, all 100 senators are calling on the trump administration to take aggressive action to put an end to the threats. in burkes county an apology after a local library was hit with nazi graffiti. staffers at the exiter community library said they found a swastika painted in shaving cream. they found a note in the book

deposit box from three anonymous teenagers confessing to the crime. she asked for forgiveness and left $50 for clean-up. this developing story. a freight train slams right into a charter bus in biloxi, mississippi. at least four people are dead tonight. authorities say the bus was on its way from austin, texas, to a casino. they say the bus stopped on the tracks at a railroad crossing, about ut they aren't sure why it stopped. 40 passengers were sent to the hospital. seven are in critical condition. some new details on tainted juice that sent children in lancaster county to the e.r. over the weekend two kids were served juice at a restaurant there. their mouths and throats immediately started burning. tonight those kids are in good condition, but today state health inspectors tested crystal lye taken from the restaurant. it will take a few days to get the results. lye is commonly used in product to clean ovens and unclog drains. new at 11:00 it's been an eyesore in south jersey, but finally something new is coming

to the olga's diner project. for nearly $2 million reproductive medicine associates will develop that land. it's taken several months to complete the deal. the medical office building is expected to be built by the summer of 2018. the diner shut down back in 2008 when route 70 and route 73 circle was under construction. new at 11:00 the not so fast for another development project perhaps. neighbors in voitsing their concerns over new condos. city councilman curtis jones -- at issue plans to redevelop the site at the former st. mary of the assumption church. neighbors worry the new housing could bring more traffic and fewer parking spaces. a final decision on that project could come next month. next at 11:00 rekindling the spark. tonight why couples are having relationship problems and what you need to know before falling asleep. the future of delivery. the robot now hitting the streets dropping off the goods.

in the end why alec baldwin has had enough with playing the president on saturday night live. glen. well, we got a chance of snow as we head toward the weekend. i'm tracking what's expected to fall in your neighborhood on friday.

zbliefrmt the he wanted of an era in new jersey. the panthers of camden high school took the floor for the final time inside clarence turner gymnasium. will be torn down and replaced building. in the group two final. >> that game ended in dramatic fashion. the panthers winning at the buzzer. 42-40. it seems like you can have just about anything delivered right to your doorstep these days. >> how about a robot delivering your lunch? washington d.c. take a look. robots from the delivery company star ship technologies are

rolling on d.c. streets right now. they can deliver just about anything you can order on-line, package. for now they wheel around with a human companion, but the goal is, of course, to turn these guys loose and let them rove around on their own. that would be kind of strange to see on the sidewalk. >> yeah. >> well, a lot of couples apparently having trouble spicing up their relationships. >> a new study out today found married couples and people living together are having sex less often than couples did in the early 2000s. the study found the sharpest decline was among married people. people in their 50s. people with a college degree. and people with kids between the ages of 6 and 12. do people in philly agree with this? we have sent nbc 10's keith jones to find out. >> as a journalist, i have many questions tonight. the first and most importantly why did my co-workers choose me to do this story? secondly, why are americans having less sex? we figured out vietnsouth stree

good place to start. >> on nearly every block there is sex. in the store fronts and -- >> we have sex about once a week. >> and in the streets. bob and beth agree with the new study. >> when you are young and veeral, things happen better. >> sit on the couch and just lay down sometimes and go to sleep. >> researchers, including some from wide ner university, point to two reasons. there are more single americans and couples are having less sex. do you think that's true? >> my fiance will tell you yes. >> it's surprising. in a city with the rodan museum with a section dedicated to the avorous embrace. so much sex on daytime soaps. speed dating on tuesday nights. >> are you like -- >> priscilla found it helped, and tinder. an app used by some solely for hook-ups, which nicolas sparks says he is a passing fan. >> i had a few dates and met a

few people, but i wasn't out just having sex. i wasn't getting laid all the time. >> nbc news talked with a sex therapist who offered these tips to add a spark to the bedroom. be mindful of your appearance, which will boost your self-confidence. do something new together like go to a new restaurant and take a cooking class. simply kiss more often. if you are bold, walk south street. in south philadelphia, keith jones. >> used to be every single night. >> nbc 10 news. >> tmi there, buddy. >> a little too much, right? >> yes. >> if you are still intrigued, read the entire study on the nbc 10 app. >> i hear everybody going to that app right now. let's talk about snow why don't we. chief meteorologist glen "hurricane" schwartz is here. unless you want to weigh in on the study. >> there are no flakes in this room right now. i'll stick with the weather. we have rain right now. it's only in the 60s, and it's talking about snow for just a couple of days from now. look at the seven-day forecast.

we've got wet conditions now. it's going to be warm through thursday. then the temperature just starts plunging. we have rain overnight, but it's basically gone by 7:00 a.m. or so. and the snow got wet snow on friday. the sunday storm that you may have heard about looks like it's going to track pretty far to the south, so we've missed most of the area. perhaps delaware and extreme south jersey get grazed on the north side of it. there's the rain right now. right over philadelphia. it's not going to stay in this area all night. as you can see, it's moving straight to the east, but we do have some other area, and that line of heavier showers brings gusty winds with that, and you can see it on the futurecast. it just races right through here by about 4:00, 5:00 a.m., and by 7:00 a.m. the rain is out. by 8:00 or 9:00 at the latest the sun is out. the sun is out just about the rest of the day. it's going to be windy, though.

look how warm it is. it's 58 right now. philadelphia. 60 in dover. we don't have too far to go to get into the 60s during the day tomorrow. now, we've got the rain during the night tonight, but staying rather mild. it's 5:30 in the morning, and it's still raining in a lot of places. if you get up early enough, yes, it's going to be raining. even if you get up later, the ground is likely to be wet. by 9:00 a.m. look at that. we've got sunshine just about everywhere. temperatures are in the 40s, and quickly going up through the 50s and even into the 60s in some places. look at all those places with the sunshine during the afternoon. now things are going to change as we head towards the weekend. friday, look at these temperatures. the high 39. a little bit of rain early. changing to wet snow. looks like we only possibly could accumulate on some grassy

surfaces. some accumulation in the suburbs, lehigh valley. then saturday is cold and windy. high of only 29 in lehigh valley. sunday it looks like that storm generally goes to the south. that's why we do neighborhood weather. jim. >> all right, glen. we have breaking news right here. the philadelphia high school for girls and ew rhodes middle school, they're going to be closed tomorrow because of that power outage at pico substation or caused by the substation. >> we'll continue to update as we get more information. we'll be right back. (vo) love.

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