we a not sure. clearly, the investigation is well underway. >> we will continue to follow this story for you both on air, and on our we can see a lot of people there. this coverage continues at noon. >> we are staying with this breaking news right and the heart of boston, that is the detonation of what was a suspicious device by atlantic avenue. it was placed by a man right next to a homeland security suv. live pictures from sky 5 after that detonation. you can see investigators milling about. we have team --

karen anderson is also available for us giving us some insight. what do you know? karen: a man walked up to a homeland security vehicle, put down a box, and quickly walked away. because it had some wires over it, there was concern. the bomb squad was called in. that was detonated. what happens now is they try to find the person who left that and also begin the investigation, perhaps searching for fingerprints on the device, look to see if there were in fact explosives inside. now becomes the next part of this. we have learned they are searching for a person who put this down so that is part of the focus, and the other focus is trying to figure out exactly what was inside that box. >> thank you for that.

but you are looking at aerials of that scene as they try to figure out what exactly was in that box. it was detonated about 15 minutes ago and the investigation continues into exactly what was inside, and who this person was who dropped it. >> i think the response we have seen, this huge police presence on atlantic is a result of what is happened in the past few weeks. we know that boston police have partners at the joint terrorism have been really coordinating closely to make sure they are on top of any threat. they say there are no specific are all on edge. it along to you. there is more breaking news out

attack pledging allegiance to isis using a facebook alias. she reportedly deleted postings before she was shot and killed by police. we will have more on this breaking story in just a moment. >> you are watching newscenter 5 at noon. a lot more to get to. we also have todd. four people are dead after an intense fire burns through a crowded home. >> right now, investigators are on the scene searching for what triggered this early morning fire. todd: there are still so many questions about what happened here and the cause of the fire. behind me you can see an investigator looking into the house. there were as many as 19 people living in two apartments. four of them did not escape the

sudden when it happened during an early morning press conference, but lynn firefighters feared the everyone out of the building several hours earlier. >> they brought out victim and told me they heard moans beyond that, or that victim was. they went back in and were able to get the second victim out. todd: the firefight was delayed by the rescue effort so the fire spread and became too intense for firefighters to go back in again. the flames were so hot they melted the paint on cars and fire trucks. four people were trapped and did not make it out alive. as many as 19 people were believed to have been inside when that cause fire -- when it caught fire.

todd: now, investigators are working to figure out where the fire started and how. >> we will be taking a close look at the ownership of the building and specifically looking at whether there were alarm system present an operating at the time. todd: the names of the deceased have not been released. the two women who were rescued are now at mgh and their current condition has not been announced. >> todd, thank you for that. back to the breaking in san bernardino, a new lead points to terrorism. lauren: we are seeing the most revealing weapons yet in that deadly shooting rampage. this comes as new video was released that dramatic police chase. the black suv suddenly comes

police in close pursuit and then -- >> gunshots. lauren: hundreds of gunshots echoed through the streets of san bernardino. shooting suspect syed farook and his wife test fema. >> the fire alarms -- the fire alarms were going off and there injured. going off. >> superintendent chief , about call from the department of homeland security about a package, a suitcase left unattended over here at seaport boulevard and atlantic avenue. the office from the department

due to the suspicious nature of the suitcase left so close to the homeland security vehicle, they went out and looked at the video. a white male approximately 40 with a green coat was seen leaving the suitcase and going across atlantic avenue onto high street. due to the suspicious nature of leaving the suitcase, they called the boston police department. our offices and eod, tactical units responded. the explosive unit at that point brought in a x-ray machine where they x-rayed the suitcase. inside the suitcase, they saw wires and a power source which drew their attention.

took a step back. went back and then working together with other agencies, they did what is called a controlled detonation of the suitcase and found inside that suitcase were wires and other personal items. we do not believe this was anything of a nature that would lead us to believe there was anything regarding explosives, but out of abundance of caution we went about as if it was at this time. we had to shut down the area and did a controlled detonation. i think that is what you all heard, but there is nothing to lead us at this time to believe there was any explosives inside that suitcase. >> what were the wires attached to?

it could be awalkman or phone. we are going to investigate what start reopening the area. unfortunately around the country, better safe than sorry. our explosive unit and all the officers did a great job. there is nothing more to it. >> will atf be involved, is there a federal element? >> homeland security will be involved because it is their building and vehicle. i was in contact with the fbi, the state, the governor, the mayor just to keep them up-to-date. >> are you looking for the man who dropped the suitcase? >> yes, we are. we have a good photo of him and we want to know why he left the suitcase and appeared to be in a

from what i seen, he was a white male with a green coat and dungarees on. we can get out a better description. if we think is needed, we will get a picture out to the media. >> any sort of suspicious behavior? >> basically, the camera has him dropping it by the rear of a homeland security vehicle and basically then walking off quickly across towards high street. >> in your expert opinion, would you characterize that as suspicious? >> yes, and that is why we went to the extent that we did. given what is going on , given homeland security and the nexus of where he put the suitcase and

we er red on the side of caution and neutralized it. >> our people safe right now? >> people are safe. there are no threat to the city. we are working very closely with our federal and state partners. unfortunately, it is a crazy world we are living in and that is why we tell people if you see something, say something. this is a prime example. >> who spotted this? >> someone from homeland security, an officer who was doing his patrols happen to spot it. due to its proximity of the vehicle and the building, and that is why we did what we did. someone was seen leaving it

he was with a dog. i am not sure what the dog' s behavior was, but it could have been a patrol dog. >> can you just describe where the suitcase was located? >> it was by the rear of the homeland security vehicle. it is over there. that is why our suspicion was drawn to it, because of where it was left and the manner, the pace of the person who left it. >> is homeland security all the time? >> yes, they have an office. it looked like he left it there on purpose and walked quickly up high street. that is why we went to the

>> is it a rollaway suitcase? >> i did not get a good look at it. when we have behavior like this , when we have packages left at the location this one was, that is why we shut down the area and went through the exercise. we neutralized it and made it safe, and now we are going to move quickly to open up the street again. i want to thank the public' s help on this one and i want to apologize for any can -- inconvenience we may have caused, but better safe than sorry. >> that is a press conference with boston police commissioner bill evans talking about the suspicious suitcase left next to a homeland security vehicle. >> after that controlled detonation, we want to go back to karen anderson with that new information about the man who

karen: there are some images of was just referencing. this was a picture obtained eye surveillance video of the area, and this is an image of the man the police say dropped off that bag. they are trying to find him to speak with him. they want to make it clear, he is not a suspect, but this is a next to the homeland security video. this is the man a commissioner described as around 40 years old. he was wearing a jacket ,jeans, a shirt with a white logo on the front. putting this picture out obtained by five investigates, this is the man they are suitcase down. information. the commission are talking about

suitcase and saying there were some kind of wires, personal items he described, some power source, but not describing what that could be. it was the nature with which the man walked away that really raised suspicions and they wanted to take every measure they could to make sure everyone was safe. karen: better safe than sorry, exactly what he said. in light of the last two weeks. >> they want to talk to have about the suitcase, and they did that controlled detonation out of an abundance of caution because it is better to be safe than sorry. you are looking at this picture here, five investigates obtaining it from ace -- from a surveillance camera. this man left the suitcase near

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>> we continue to follow breaking news now. just a short while ago , a controlled detonation performed by the boston bomb squad after a suitcase was left by a homeland security vehicle, raising off. >> five investigates obtaining this image of that man. it is important to say he is not a suspect, just someone he would -- they would like to speak with. they looked at the video and saw that the person walked away with what they saw was a bit of a suspicious manner so they did

they are not calling him a suspect. >> live pictures of the scene, you can see a heavy police present. by that white vehicle, that is where the suitcase was left. commissioner bill evans says they plan to reopen the road shortly to traffic and pedestrian traffic. we are going to continue to follow this for you. we want to give you a check of the forecast. cindy: good afternoon to you. temperatures should be topping out in the mid 40' s and we are pretty close to that, however look what is happening as we get close to the upcoming weekend. mid-to-upper 50' s possible by sunday, and that is more typical of early november rather than early december. the pattern will be changing.

if you like snow, you have been kind of missing out so far this season. we have not had any and typically by this time of year we do have some. i do not see any on the horizon , a lot of blue sky. the winds are so much lighter than they were yesterday, i' ve the west, northwest at about 13 miles per hour. on the cape, we are 47 and out on worcester county it is 41 degrees. we may gain a couple more degrees but notice, we are going to bubble up some clouds during the afternoon hour, especially in worcester county and by the merrimack valley. although we have had a lot of bright sunshine through the morning hours, we will mix in some or clouds this afternoon. a massive sprawling area of high pressure is going to dominate

amount of sunshine. temperatures holding in the mid s. you can see on future cast those clouds bubbling up north and west, but they will dissipate overnight, and we are talking tomorrow. we will job into the upper 20' s in the suburbs, just at the freezing mark in boston. tomorrow, wall-to-wall sunshine with temperatures up around 50 to the coast. weekend long, but notice how it shifts to the east on sunday. . light and coupled with that sunshine, it is going to be nice. i would not be shocked if someone touched 60 degrees on sunday.

will be well in the 50' s, and we will keep those 50' s going for monday. a possibility of rain tuesday into wednesday. the latest computer models have trended further east with this so it looks like it could be a near miss, but we have to watch the track. that is the next chance of seeing son needed rainfall, from tuesday into wednesday, but it would be rain. >> sounds good.

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>> updating our breaking news, this controlled detonation of what was a suspicious suitcase that was left by a homeland security vehicle, you saw the dust blowing up with that explosion. video showed what police thought look to be a suspicious person. >> right now we want to show you this photo. police want to speak with this man. they are not calling him a suspect but they want to talk to him in relation to this suitcase. they believe there is a man who left this suitcase and hurriedly walked away. that raised condition -- suspicion. that really triggered the heavy police presence. >> it was all done after an abundance of caution. they would like to speak with that man who walked off toward high street.

bill evans saying it was better to be safe than sorry, especially in light of the events over the last week or so. they did x-ray the package and which alarmed them. we know thou that there is no threat. >>