>> 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> now at 6:00. flames and smoke billowing out of a home in waltham. crews on scene battling that spreading fire. >> firefighters spending hours at the home trying to the flames under control. we are live in waltham with the latest. >> fire crews are still on scene here. this is the house where that fire happened. but it was over here, in this parking lot where firefighters were training at the time when they spotted the smoke. sunday afternoon flames continued to flick out of the roof of this home on russell street in waltham. >> it feels like a nightmare.

>> firefighters worked to put the last of the fire out. >> we got here. there was smoke coming out of the top floor. windows. all the. >> difficult and dangerous situation for those firefighters. and the people that live inside. >> so much fire up there we could not get close to it. we had to hit it from outside. and inside walls block from you getting to the scene. >> i smelled smoke. it did not seem bad at first until it was out of control. they opened the top of the building. and it was just like -- fire started like it was flames everywhere and started to spray. >> orlando was able to escape and believes he lost everything in the heavy damage. >> i feel lucky that we are safe. but it just -- it sucks not -- to see that. >> it all may have been worse if it was not for the quick thinking of waltham firefighters training across the street at a station. >> they were doing hose testing in the parking lot and saw it. >> called it in leading to a

fast response. for orlando it is a bad situation but keeping an open behind and everything is gone. hope for the best, i guess. >> they are working to find out how it happened and how much damaged it caused. john joe amorosino. 7 news. >> disturbing discovery at pelham new hampshire apartment complex. when police responding to a reported shooting find an arsenal of weapons. police say it all started when man fired several shots saying he thought someone was breaking into the apartment. kelly o'hara is live with the latest. >> unbelievable. scary situation. crisis averted neighbors say. called 911 last night telling police a man, their neighbor, claimed to have shot four people but that was not the case. >> and he was like yelling. my dad walked over there. some big guy, he was naked and said he shot four people.

>> i think he was upset with me or something. he was just upset because i wouldn't respond to his calls. >> i think, maybe he snapped or something. just, you know, hopefully they can get him help he needs. >> now, police arrived and discovered this small arsenal of weapons on the 67-year-old. he was a recluse that may have [he did not hurt anyone. the walls. and shell casing on the ground. police say they see seven guns including pistols, rifles and shotgun along with 10,000 rounds of ammunition. and 20 different gun magazines. that man arrested and taken into custody and brought to mass general nop a medical evaluation. that's it for now. in pelham new hampshire. kelly o'hare. >> u.s. coast guard made a discovery in search for a

missing ship in florida. 225 square mile debris field as they continue to search for the missing cargo ship el pharaoh on saturday they found a ship life ring in the water. >> unfortunately, the ship became disabled because of a mechanical problem. the path of the storm. >> the coast guard lost contact with group friday night after hit by 30-foot waves caused by joaquin. 33 people on board. >> we are following breaking news out of south carolina. torrential rain casing historic flooding in that area. local officials say that so far three people died from weather related causes. people have been frantically trying to escape to get to safety. the water though is so high that cars are almost completely submerged with rescue crews pling families and children from flood waters. crews are helping stranded

drivers with boat after boat bring i people to safety and dry land. some residents did not have to call 911 for help since crews appeared as water rose. >> i woke up and saw everything flooded. last night fine. we did not have any of this. but this morning. totally different. >> about 30,000 charleston residents are without power at this time. >> 7 news now turning to the weather. sun sitting after a calmer and brighter day. the rain, is out. and we could start to see more fall-like weather as we start the week. and chris, will it last? >> right now feeling like november outside. we are turning it back toward september weather by mid week. so we have a warm up ahead. 52 in boston. 49 in worcester. cool and breezy day and at least mainly dry and we had breaks of sun. and wind is not as strong as yesterday. but getting at times over 20 miles an hour. especially along the coastline.

does not look like much is going on. strato-cumulus clouds working in from the ocean. so partly to mostly cloudy at times overnight. north and west of 495. where temperatures tonight will be coolest. in fact, interior southern new hampshire back to western mass, there of a frost advisory in place for overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. and i don't expect frost close to city of boston. lows upper 40s. but southern noon, worcester county, temperatures there will dip into the mid to upper 30s. so cool start tomorrow. and breeze tomorrow game long the coastline. coolest at the coast. but 60s away from the coastline. i have 70 on the seven-day forecast ahead. >> bittersweet ending to a less than stellar font red sox. >> orteze right field. it is gone. orteze newest member of the 500 club. >> porcello making the last call for the sox this afternoon. orsello saying good-bye to the

booth and broadcast partner rimmy after 14 seasons. team making other big announcements. tray joins us live in studio with more. >> nancy, first time in more than 20 years red sox post back-to-back losing seasons, 2015 closing. red sox taking the first step toward next year. announce for example manager feral will be back. dombrowski made the news official today. pharaoh on medical leave dating back to august 2014 diagnosed with cancer. provided a clean bill of health of he will return to the dug out in 2016. red sox announced manager ovilo signs for two years and back as bench coach next season. part of the deal he waives right to -- while serving as manager he helped to spark the movement to allow the sox to close strong wing 28 and 20 of the final games. and reporting in the newsroom. 7 news.

>> we are starting on top of more news. upton fire crews battle fierce flames in an empty building this morning. building in engulfed had firefighters got there. blaze leaves behind ashes. 7's kris anderson has more from upton. >> bright orange flames lighting up the night sky in upton. firefighters battling a huge fire that tore through the abandon home on main street around 3:30 this morning. >> we had heavy fire throughout most of the building. and including the bay. >> flames stretch p the bay. all the way up through the roof. engulfing the entire building. and you can see in these pictures. the thick white smoke and how intense the flames were. >> we did enter the building. no reports of anyone in the building when he arrived. so we fought it from outside. >> dozens of firefighters from upton and five surrounding towns battled the blaze for more than an hour and a half before the flames were finally out. by that time, the former

multi-family home was destroyed. go investigators from the state police as well as upton police and fire spent the afternoon exam i can some of the debris and while the cause of the fire is undetermined, they stay appears to be suspicious. >> we have more than one point of origins at least we think we have more than one point. and which leads to us believe that there may be a possibility the fire was set here. so we are still looking into that. >> chief cadle said that they are familiar with this abandon home after several incidents of vandalism and trespassing offer the last year and a half. which is why they are searching through the ruble now just to inside. >> crews continue clearing away some of the debris to allow investigators a chance to get inside. this fire. at this point, they are calling it suspicious. that is the lay nest upton. kris anderson, 7 news. >> a car catches on fire on i-90 west this afternoon. boston firefighters responding.

put it out. police are investigating what happened. and whether anyone was hurt. >> and now to voice your choice coverage. poll showed g.o.p. candidates closing the gap on frontrunner donald trump. latest news poll showed in new hampshire trump's lead defense dells, on the democrat side close between hill hill and bernie sanders. clinton leads in iowa but in new hampshire. sanders does pull ahead with 48 percent leading -- leaving clinton with 39 percent. g.o.p. race donald trump leaves with 21 percent of voters in new hampshire and fiorina follows with 16 and jeb bush third at 11 percent. >> straight ahead on 7 news at 6:00. making strides against breast cancer. tens of thousands show up to strike out the deadly disease. >> caught on camera. bark versus bite. when a bulldog tries to protect

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>> making strides here in massachusetts. tens of thousands of walkers getting out for a good cause. it is the annual event to raise millions of dollars to strike out breast cancer. >> everyone there has a story. family. others fighting their own battles. >> making strides to help finish the fight against breast cancer. 40,000 walkers coming through raising $2.5 million. all going to fund breast cancer research right here in massachusetts. >> i am here today because this is a wonderful event and i love the fact that we are bring i awareness to such a devastating disease. >> breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in won. but the walk is realm about fighting and surviving. and joann is walking to fight the diseases and i know spire others to never give up. >> you have to keep up the fight. keep the faith.

>> walk sponsored by wicked local. magic 106.7 and our team here at 7 news. >> i am kim khazei. thank you to all of you that came out this gorgeous day. >> joining kim is chief meteorologist pete bouchard. the walk was a success. with the generous donations all going to find a group and so the key is to find them as early as we can. get treatments to all patients because we can cure most anything with this disease. >> and since 1993 making stride supporters have raised nearly $7 million nationwide. >> and cool and breezy out the there this morning. other all great day for a walk. for a great cause. look at the seven-day forecast.

>> now seven weather with meteorologist chris lambert. winds active today but better than yesterday. we stayed dry.

we had breaks of sun. high temperature in boston 56 degrees. managed to climb to 60 in new bedford. 53 in worcester. temperatures are close to where they were earlier, lower 50s mostly. in the city of boston. mid of 50s across southeast mass. winds gusty throughout the day. not as strong along the coastline as earlier this morning. still gusting over 20 miles an hour out of the northeast. keep breezy conditions there through the day tomorrow as well. especially along the coastline. we have had some clouds. not tremendous amounts of clouds mid to high levels because it is dry. but low level clouds have worked back in. and occasionally you get breaks in that overcast. but that will be the case overnight. even tomorrow. most clouds close to the coastline with onshore wind and down through southeast mass, further north and west of boston you go better chance of having more in the way of sunshine. finally once the winds turn back north and northwest. we will get more sunshine for all of us on tuesday. and wednesday.

the tropical connection of moisture that is been hosing in through south carolina here over the last couple of days. prolific rain totals. where you see this white shaded area. good 12 to 18 inches of rain in the last 72 hours from columbia south carolina down to charleston. in fact, even locally higher amounts, mt. pleasant. south carolina. reporting 24 inches of rain. likely seeing several more inches before it is all said and done. some of the tropical moisture has been connected and pulled off. joaquin right now continues the movement northeast. and you see that dot right there? that's bermuda. passing the center of circulation about 50 to 100 miles west of it. this system, hurricane moves northeast. and no threat to the united states coastline. other than throwing back high surf, rip currents, and over the next few days. that will continue to be the case. across any east facing shore lines here. once you get your way basically north of cape anne through

seacoast of new hampshire up to gulf of explain across the national seashore of cape and islands and down through mid-atlantic. 38 to 50 overnight. so cool night. here is the forecast for tomorrow. brightest north and west of 495. 57 to 63. so slowly inching up temperatures. tuesday and wednesday. great. and wednesday warmer, and 71 for the high. >> what a couple of bears were no match for a bulldog. and in california not a big one. >> no. all caught on camera. wonderful to see. you can see two bears wander onto a family front lawn. french bulldog comes out and chases after the bears. he is really going after them. it worked. because they eventually ran off. >> coming up next in sports. patriots with a rare sunday off in nfl. we hear from coach belichick as he prepares to dallas. sunday is the end of the line for the red sox in 2015.

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it is time to deal with skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. commentator: the 32-year-old head of a pharmaceutical company raised the price of a life-saving drug overnight by 5,000%. i'm announcing a detailed plan to crack down on these abuses. commentator: he may be lowering it after hillary clinton blasted him out of the water. her plan would limit the out-of-pocket costs that consumers have to pay. clinton: nobody in america should have to choose between buying the medicine they need and paying their rent. i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. >> now, time for seven sports with trey daerr. >> red sox putting a bow on the season. sitting go sights on 2016. it is official. job farrel back as manager. feral on medical leave since announcing in august he was

diagnosed with stage one lymphoma. feral completed chemo this last week. team saying once receives a clean bill of health he will return to the dug out as manager. and interim manager, also set to return as bench coach next season signing two year deal through 2016 and coming to terms he waives the right to, after managerial job. and first base coach baylor and stretch coach will not be back. game 162 for red sox. wrapping things up in cleveland. final game for enter rim manager. and orsello, showing support. orteze doubling in bogart poppy with 108 and final rbi of the season. and 1-0 red sox on top. second inning. third inning. aguilar with the rbi signal off porcello, seven innings, giving up two.

and wrap up the season with a 78 and 84 record. patriots final day of freedom before returning to practice tomorrow. giving them a you sunday to watch games like all of us. and watching next week opponents dallas cowboys playing tonight on sunday night football. >> they are a good team. so i know that a couple of, you know, key players. but they will be getting more guys back. and next week. and they got a lot of good players to work with. so it will be a big challenge for us. they are good at kick ingame. tough team defensively. and a lot of explosive players on the offense side of the ball. so tough. >> else around afc east and across the pond jets in london. ivory plunges in from 3 yards out. 7-0 jets. ivory goes off for a career high

for fitzpatrick as well. connecting with 10-yard score. jets winning it. and dolphins a mess at 1-3. and tierod taylor and bills hosting the giants. buffalo down in the 4th. trying the amount of come back. taylor to williams. and 23-yard connection down the side line. getting the bills to within six. 16-10. giants answer back two minutes later. manning dumps it off to jinx. breaking attack kel. turning it down the side line. heading 51 yards for pay different giants knock inoff the bills 24-10. and training camp is over. and game week underway for the bruins as hockey is finally back in boston. the black and gold gearing up for thursday opener at the garden against winnipeg, no word on whether the captain will be on ice for game number one. owe char raon the ice today. big z recovering from upper body injury suffered back on september 24.

bruins supra and chara skating. earlier today. >> so we still are day to day. he is inching closer. and getting close to practicing with the team. i cannot, because it is day-to-day, i don't know if he will be in tomorrow or the day after. whatever. we are hoping that's the case. it is looking like it is heading in that direction but no guarantees. so we do not know. you know, when he is still day-to-day and we look forward on having him back. >> bruins continue to finalize the roster for upcoming season. today b's ink incus staff son to one year. one way contract as well. for $700,000. signing him to try out contract at the start of training camp. he will be back up to can tucarask. globes dupont stopping by to break down the bruins season opener thursday. and we are talking about patriots with steve. and mark bertran of the sports. and more following sunday night

without quarterback andrew luck. kicker van tarre first player in history to score 1000 points with two different teams. that's sports. >> and that's 7 news at 6:00. i am dan hausle. >> i am nancy chen. we will see you next. and join us here at 7:00 after

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