>> good morning, it is 5:30 on this saturday july 5, here some of the stories we're following on "action news," breaking news, four children are dead after a fire quickly spreads across nearly a dozen row homes in southwest philadelphia. we'll have the details. residents of a northeast philadelphia apartment building are evacuated after a driver hits the building and takes off. hundreds of thousands

packed into the parkway for great music and fireworks to celebrate the 4th of the july. chris sowers joins us with the accuweather forecast. once the rain stopped it was a nice day. >> reporter: mother nature she came through, the morning, i was like this is miserable, and in the afternoon it was fabulous. let's show you the philadelphia international airport. we have a beautiful weekend now that hurricane arthur has pulled away. the wind has shifted out of the northwest, the cleared the skies and knocked the humidity out of here. temperatures are in the 60s. 65 in philadelphia. 61 in trenton. millville, 62. allentown, 59. 55 in the poconos. reading, 57. lancaster 58 degrees and wilmington showing 60. there's what's left of arthur, again, pushing off to the northeast now it's into new

england moving into the canadian maritimes. high pressure builds in from the northwest, that will provide us with a picture-perfect afternoon around the delaware valley. if you have a tee time, lots of sunshine, it will be breezy, winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. 2e6789 wise you can't -- temperature-wise you can't beat this. 75 degrees by 10:00 a.m., 83 by 3:00 p.m. low humidity levels. lots of sunshine, comfortable temperatures, but then, the heat and humidity returns next week, another heat wave is on the way. the big story on "action news" at 5:30 is breaking news from southwest philadelphia four children are dead in a fire that swept down a city block. police just told "action news" that the victims are two four-year-old girls, a 4-year-old boy and a month old boy, the action cam is live at

the 6500 block of gestuner. the a fire station and police station are around the corner, again, four children are confirmed dead a, a woman in her 40s and 11-year-old girl were taken to the peaf for smoke. a second 11-year-old girl was treated at the scene. the evacuees are being taken to the police station the 12 district. we have a crew out there to us updated on the strategy. fire broke out in a row home in west philadelphia. a neighbor said he saved the people inside. firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from the first floor. he said he smelled smoke during

a walk to the store and jumped into action. the first thing i thought, people are in there, i kicked the front door in, i pulled in the second door, i banged and got the people out. there were people on all three floors. >> the cause is undetermined. >> a car crashes into a northeast philadelphia apartment building this morning, police are looking for the driver. two apartments were severely damaged in the late-night wreck. no reports of any injuries. the 4th of july week was capped off in grand style. check out this massive fireworks display that lit up the night skies over the philadelphia museum of art. it was a fitting way to cap off a week-long celebration of america's 238th birthday. the benjamin franklin parkway was packed with hundreds of thousands of visitors for the annual philly 4th of july jasm.

jam. the weather perfect for the free concert for the fireworks display. sharrie williams was on the parkway for the jam and the fireworks. >> reporter: a spectacular display as fireworks light up the sky capping off a night of wonder and amazement. it is independence day, america's birthday and there's no party like the jam on the parkway. >> it's been great, the weather is great, she is waiting to see niki minaj. >> she sings real good. >> reporter: haley and makalia leonard came wearing their red white and blue. >> reporter: wawa welcome america is a huge celebration full of power house performances

and family fun. >> it's really nice that they do this for basically free, it represents america. >> reporter: representing the u.s.a. is what the 4th of july is all about. the freedoms enjoyed in this country are due in part because of military members including elizabeth who is home from afghanistan. >> i've been home for three years since i became from afghanistan. it's a lot to enjoy with the family and enjoying with the family, it means a a lot. sharrie williams channel 6 "action news." >> a vacationers at the jersey shore hoping for a nicer weekend after rain put a damper on july 4th festivities. a few fireworks lit up the atlantic city sky last night, but the official show is

postponed until tomorrow night. hurricane arthur started the weekend with downpours up and down the shore forcing families to find indoor fun. hurricane arthur left dangerous swells putting lifeguards on high ray letters. >> once it breaks and comes in, it wants to run back out. >> with the rough seas came a beautiful end to the holiday. many said the weather didn't take away from why they traveled to the shore in the first place. once the sun started to set in dewy beach, the fireworks ended a beautiful 4th of july. 6abc.com has photos of fireworks

and shows and postponements and cancellations. hurricane arthur dampened celebration up and down the east coast. it left behind a trail of damage where it made landfall as a category two hurricane. many residents say it could have been worse. scott goldberg has more from seaside heights ocean county. arthur flooded heys and knocked down power lines. the storm tore up the main roads and tossed around boats like bathtub toys and dumped sand do you knows on doorsteps. >> i thought this is not the place for a person to be. >> reporter: even so by first light it was clear that arthur struck only a glancing blow. >> there have been no casualties or serious injuries reported. >> reporter: this sign said what

hurricane as vacationers salvaged what was left of their holiday weekend. >> we're going to make it last. >> reporter: arthur's impact went all the way up the east coast. chilly winds and gray skies left beach goers bummed out. >> how did the water feel? >> cold. >> reporter: and dangerous rip tides. fireworks displays were put off until the 5th. tonight a weekend of hurricane arthur is strong enough to cause flash flood warnings and high wind and wave advisories on costal new england. many business owners were disappointed that the holiday got off to a dreary start, but the forecast is better and there's a lot of people here ready to spend money, scot goldberg, abc news, seaside heights, new jersey.

>> "good morning america" weekend will have more on the aftermath of hurricane arthur, that's next following this broadcast at 8:00 a.m. there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, it's a favorite summertime pastime going to the movies, how you can save and still see your favorite stars on the big screen. 4th of july celebrations out west come to an an abrupt end when a dust devil kicks up. >> reporter: hurricane arthur the jersey shore still feel its effects this afternoon, i'll have the a heat [ male announcer ] just can't seem to escape another sneeze attack?

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>> a powerful dust devil wreaked havoc on 4th of july celebrations in reno, nevada. it was powerful that it sent an inflatable flag the size of a bounce house several stories into the air. the skies were clear and suddenly it came out of nowhere. there were three people hurt, none of them seriously. dust devils, that's crazy the things that happen out west. >> reporter: like a miniature tornado, they are weaker be and smaller and spin up from the ground, they are gonna couple of minutes, but as you saw they can

produce damage. we had nice weather across the delaware valley. we continue that weekend winning streak. this is 7 or 8 weekends in a row where we've seen lots of sunshine and comfortable temperatures. that's the view down in cape may. all is quiet on the sand, however, we are dealing with the pesky rip currents. pay attention to the lifeguards, we have waves 4 to 8 feet, pay attention to the lifeguards on the sand. 66 degrees, here in philadelphia. make that 65. dewpoint, 45. you can see how nicely the air has cooled off. the dewpoint temperature was actually in the 70s couple of times in the past week. that's nice and refreshing. wind out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour. pressure is starting to rise. allentown, 59. poconos 5. 62 in millville. sea isle 63. a cooler 58 in lancaster, winds anywhere from 10 to 15 miles per

hour. we'll deal with the breeze all afternoon out of the west/northwest it's a drying breeze that's what lowered the humidity levels off, but, again, it will be chilly throughout the morning hours with dewpoints always low as they are now. there's hurricane arthur pulling off to the northeast clearing toward the northwest, again, with high pressure building in from the great lake states that's means gorgeous weather for us, not only today, but for tomorrow, as well. as we look wider there's a warm front stretching across the high plains. the high will work out to sea during the course of the weekend, that will allow the warm front to punch through on monday, the heat and humidity returns starting at the start of the workweek. say goodbye to hurricane arthur, a nice pleasant breeze out of the northwest. lots of sunshine. tomorrow, we'll lose that breeze, temperatures milder, pleasant in the humidity department. here comes monday, here comes

that warm front sliding toward the northeast, hazy, hot and humid, high temperatures easily up in the 90s. with that humidity it will feel close to 100 degrees. jersey shore, ocean temperature, 59 degrees, be on the look out for dangerous rip current. otherwise it's a nice day, sunny and breezy. 79 degrees, sunday, sunny and nice, waves four to eight feet. uv index very high. philadelphia, sunny and pleasant, 83 degrees. overnight tonight, chilly in the outlying suburbs, 55 degrees, mainly clear and comfortable, 64 in center city. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast at 5:00 not too bad, sunny and pleasant, 83. sunny and warmer sunday, 87. and then here we go, hazy, hot and humid monday, 94.

tuesday, hot and humid, 96 chance of a thunderstorm wednesday, hazy hot and humid, 90. sunny we need three consecutive days of 90 degrees or higher for a heat wave, that appears it will be heat wave number two. >> we've had a season this year we can't complain about that. don't forget you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores. 4th of july festivities were held across the delaware valley. families pulled up a blanket and lawn chairs for a fest active evening in radnor last night. radnor played host to the town's annual 4th of july fireworks. in addition to the fireworks in the sky, folks brought glow necklaces to add to the display. wilson farm park was the

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>> sky6 live hd taking a live look into old city, you can see independence hall there, the place it all started, 238 years ago, happy birthday to america yesterday. good morning to you, as you're waking up today. in "healthcheck" this morning, experts are recommending more agres -- aggressive steps to prevent and treating heat stroke in sports activityies. deaths from heat instruction is preventable when action is taken quickly. it is recommend that coaches have a cold water emersion tub available and get preseason

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>> four children are confirmed

dead in a huge fire overnight. we have been following this breaking story for this morning. in a briefing minutes ago, commissioner sawyer said four people were hurt. the inferno damaged at least 8 homes on the 6500 block of gestner. 42 people were displaced. kenneth moten will have live reports from the scene. tragedy in just a few minutes. checkers is planning to double its restaurants in the philadelphia area. the drive-in chain is hoping to expand to 40 locations by the year 2018. that would be an increase from 23 locations in our area today. checkers recently signed an agreement to open the new location in the area. lots of us take our kids to the movies on those hot summer day, but the trip can get expensive.

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>> good morning, it is 6:00 a.m. on this saturday july 5. here some of the stories we're following for you on "action news." breaking news, four children are dead after a three-alarm blaze burned nearly a dozen row homes in southwest philadelphia. we'll have the details in a live

report. >> philadelphia police are searching for the gunman responsible for shooting two teenagers overnight. plus, rain puts a damper on 4th of july celebrations down the shore. but first, let's check in with meteorologist chris sowers for a look at the accuweather forecast. the rain is gone. >> reporter: le rain is long gone. let's step outside we have lots of sunshine, hurricane arthur up in the canadian maritimes at this point. it's not pestering us. i was at a afternoon boosh cue yesterday -- barbecue yesterday and it was chilly. 60 degrees in millville. atlantic city, 63. 69 in allentown, 59 in reading. lancaster, 57. there's the end of it.